From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b99334cb89bcb335 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f9437,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9437,public X-Google-Thread: f9437,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9437,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: Loryn Jenkins Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated Date: 1998/10/13 Message-ID: <36226A36.6E162F42@s054.aone.net.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 400379466 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <907918039.22235@isc.org> <36210B47.6A5FE581@eiffel.com> <6vt32u$5mp@chronicle.concentric.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.mel.aone.net.au 908225169 24798 203.12.186.177 (12 Oct 1998 20:46:09 GMT) Organization: TekRite Pty Ltd Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: loryn@acm.org NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Oct 1998 20:46:09 GMT Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-10-12T20:46:09+00:00 List-Id: > Trolling works by exploiting this cascade effect to fill a group up with > crap. Kill-files work against unsuccessful trolls, but even if any > "critical mass" of forum subscribers kill-file a troll the group still > fills up with a cascade of useless crap. This "pollutes" a forum by > making lurkers avoid reading good posts - you never know which ones they > could be in a trolled thread. Haven't you ever explored the functionality netscape messenger gives to: to "ignore thread", at any point in the thread tree? Loryn Jenkins