Off Topic Posting Has Finally Hit Its Inevitable Bottom.
 

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...

As most of you know, I use Agent as a newsreader. I have, over the last
6-8
months, aggressively (automated) filtered the newsgroup, first on "OT" as
advertised in the Subject line, then on "political" words in the subject,
and
finally on certain posters that refused, for whatever selfish reasons, to
(1)
identify their post as off topic and (2) to post enough On Topic
information to
warrant wading through all of their contributions. Agent also allows for
killing entire threads manually, if the reader deems the subject line
disinteresting and I have used this method more and more in the previous
few
weeks.

A few weeks ago, I had loaded Agent on a different computer and
inadvertently
failed to copy the filter file information from the backup.... the net
result
was that I had no filters, but I wasn't seeing any of the offending
poster's
names, either!!! Imagine my surprise, today, when I realized that I was
manually filtering 99.9% of the off topic content solely by Subject line!
I was
amazed and Googled up confirmation.

What does this mean? It means that the posters that I had kill filed for
refusing to post significantly on topic were now posting *exclusively* Off
Topic! They've finally reached the lowest of lows.... posting,
polluting, and
vandalizing a boating newsgroup when they have absolutely no expressed
interest
in boating.

It also means they have become that much easier to filter.......




--
23' Grady White, out of Southport, NC.

http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/cavern/
Homepage
http://www.southharbourvillageinn.com/directions.asp Where Southport,NC
is located.
http://southharbourvillageinn.linksysnet.com Real Time
Pictures at My Marina
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats
at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide



blah, blah, blah...

Are the fish biting????

:)

db

Off Topic Posting Has Finally Hit Its Inevitable Bottom.
 

In article ,
says...

rec.boats is on the same trajectory as the President's approval ratings.

Today we find that Bush and the administration was repeatedly warned not
to say the things they were saying on the leadup to war because the
cases were weak and unsubstantiated.

So much for blaming Tenet.

This administration is a group of thugs and the country is deeply
divided. If our supposed "leader" Bush was indeed a uniter perhaps OT
postings wouldn't dominate the group.

jps

Off Topic Posting Has Finally Hit Its Inevitable Bottom.
 

In article ,
says...
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 09:07:20 -0700, jps wrote:

This administration is a group of thugs and the country is deeply
divided. If our supposed "leader" Bush was indeed a uniter perhaps OT
postings wouldn't dominate the group.

jps

Typical leftist.

"It's not my fault, Bush made me do it".

Nice try Wilbur deBorg. Bush didn't make me do anything, I've posted OT
of my own free will. Remember when "conservatives" believed in free
will and keeping government out of our lives?

Your party would be the first to squash free speech. I'm gonna make
certain to exercise it well just in case this idiot is re-elected.

Did you hear that Ashcroft has asked that public libraries no longer
make the federal book of statues available?

If he has his way, only people who have law library rights will be able
to review our federal laws.

Wow.

Somewhere in Texas a village is missing its idiot

Off Topic Posting Has Finally Hit Its Inevitable Bottom.
 

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...

As most of you know, I use Agent as a newsreader. I have, over the last
6-8
months, aggressively (automated) filtered the newsgroup, first on "OT" as
advertised in the Subject line, then on "political" words in the subject,
and
finally on certain posters that refused, for whatever selfish reasons, to
(1)
identify their post as off topic and (2) to post enough On Topic
information to
warrant wading through all of their contributions. Agent also allows for
killing entire threads manually, if the reader deems the subject line
disinteresting and I have used this method more and more in the previous
few
weeks.

A few weeks ago, I had loaded Agent on a different computer and
inadvertently
failed to copy the filter file information from the backup.... the net
result
was that I had no filters, but I wasn't seeing any of the offending
poster's
names, either!!! Imagine my surprise, today, when I realized that I was
manually filtering 99.9% of the off topic content solely by Subject line!
I was
amazed and Googled up confirmation.

What does this mean? It means that the posters that I had kill filed for
refusing to post significantly on topic were now posting *exclusively* Off
Topic! They've finally reached the lowest of lows.... posting,
polluting, and
vandalizing a boating newsgroup when they have absolutely no expressed
interest
in boating.

It also means they have become that much easier to filter.......




--
23' Grady White, out of Southport, NC.

http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/cavern/
Homepage
http://www.southharbourvillageinn.com/directions.asp Where Southport,NC
is located.
http://southharbourvillageinn.linksysnet.com Real Time
Pictures at My Marina
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats
at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide


You regularly exchange posts here with Krause, perhaps the biggest offender
of OT posts and starting OT threads.

Is he now in your bozo file or are you going to continue to be a hypocrite?

Off Topic Posting Has Finally Hit Its Inevitable Bottom.
 

In article ,
says...
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 09:07:20 -0700, jps wrote:

In article ,
says...

rec.boats is on the same trajectory as the President's approval ratings.

Today we find that Bush and the administration was repeatedly warned not
to say the things they were saying on the leadup to war because the
cases were weak and unsubstantiated.

So much for blaming Tenet.

This administration is a group of thugs and the country is deeply
divided. If our supposed "leader" Bush was indeed a uniter perhaps OT
postings wouldn't dominate the group.

jps

Okay, that's cool.... I'll just reinstate the old filters to take care of that
problem.... Bye......

Nice chatting with you Gene.

Off Topic Posting Has Finally Hit Its Inevitable Bottom.
 

In article , says...

You regularly exchange posts here with Krause, perhaps the biggest offender
of OT posts and starting OT threads.

Is he now in your bozo file or are you going to continue to be a hypocrite?

Gene's a hypocrite and you're an asshole. I'm sure you'd rather be the
asshole. It's a hard choice but someone has to make it.

jps

Off Topic Posting Has Finally Hit Its Inevitable Bottom.
 

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:15:19 -0400, "jim--" wrote:



You regularly exchange posts here with Krause, perhaps the biggest
offender
of OT posts and starting OT threads.

Is he now in your bozo file or are you going to continue to be a
hypocrite?


I think, upon examination, you (or anyone with any interest) will find
your
statement, "You regularly exchange posts here with Krause" to be clearly
untrue.

Harry has managed to escape the killfile by starting his subject line with
the
"OT" warning. I don't see his political posts because they are removed by
subject before I see them. Why don't you do the same?

Ah, but I do.


You have already posted that you believe rec.boats to be a poor boating
resource. You have publicly admitted that you do not come here to discuss
boating.

Agreed, I said that a while back. I hope your dick is as long as your
memory.


You privately emailed people with URLs of boating forums and encouraged
them to leave rec.boats for these forums.

I posted URL's of boating forums in this NG when folks asked what was out
there. I never privately emailed them Please don't make up stories. That
is certainly not true.

What *were* your motivations. There
is no single OT poster with more of an agenda for OT posting and a hatred
for
rec.boats.

Try again, there are plenty. But you obviously have a hard on for me, but
that's OK.

Who would be more deserving of an OT killfile than you? and why?

You certainly are an anrgy guy Eugene. I could care less if you killfile me.
In fact, please do.


--
23' Grady White, out of Southport, NC.

http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/cavern/
Homepage
http://www.southharbourvillageinn.com/directions.asp Where Southport,NC
is located.
http://southharbourvillageinn.linksysnet.com Real Time
Pictures at My Marina
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats
at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide

Off Topic Posting Has Finally Hit Its Inevitable Bottom.
 

I see that Krause, the biggest offender of OT posts, has not been killfiled
by you. You responded to him just yesterday.

Hypocrite.


"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...

As most of you know, I use Agent as a newsreader. I have, over the last
6-8
months, aggressively (automated) filtered the newsgroup, first on "OT" as
advertised in the Subject line, then on "political" words in the subject,
and
finally on certain posters that refused, for whatever selfish reasons, to
(1)
identify their post as off topic and (2) to post enough On Topic
information to
warrant wading through all of their contributions. Agent also allows for
killing entire threads manually, if the reader deems the subject line
disinteresting and I have used this method more and more in the previous
few
weeks.

A few weeks ago, I had loaded Agent on a different computer and
inadvertently
failed to copy the filter file information from the backup.... the net
result
was that I had no filters, but I wasn't seeing any of the offending
poster's
names, either!!! Imagine my surprise, today, when I realized that I was
manually filtering 99.9% of the off topic content solely by Subject line!
I was
amazed and Googled up confirmation.

What does this mean? It means that the posters that I had kill filed for
refusing to post significantly on topic were now posting *exclusively* Off
Topic! They've finally reached the lowest of lows.... posting,
polluting, and
vandalizing a boating newsgroup when they have absolutely no expressed
interest
in boating.

It also means they have become that much easier to filter.......




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