Message from discussion Sheldon or not, here's my question; this is why this NG is turning to shit!

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Subject: Re: Sheldon or not, here's my question; this is why this NG is turning to shit!
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:54:15 -0500
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"Melba's Jammin'" <barbschal...@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
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> In article <L8adne0zqMOeM8HanZ2dnUVZ_tajn...@comcast.com>,
> "Kent" <kh6...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> From Felice:
>>
>> "Maybe this is a question for a survey: Who opens links from unknown
>> posters?
>> And why?
>>
>> If you open such a link, you shouldn't complain if it's obscene. Just as 
>> if
>> you answer a phone call with an "unknown caller" ID, you shouldn't 
>> complain
>> if it's a telemarketer.
>
> Maybe, but the 'unknown caller' isn't necessarily a telemarketer.  Phone
> numbers don't show up on caller identification units for a variety of
> reasons.
>
>> What the phuque is happening to this NG?
>>
>> Kent
>
> Many of the people who were interested in good food and serious cooking
> have moved on.  They got tired of the crap long ago when it wasn't
> nearly what it is now.
>
> Usenet has changed, and the way people relate to each other has changed.
>
> In my opinion, too many people have decided that r.f.c. will be their
> personal blog, their Yellow Pages, their confessional,  their
> veterinarian, their soapbox, and their playground for bullies.
>
> Too many have latched on to the "we're like a big kitchen table where
> you sit around and argue about all kinds of stuff."   My mom would have
> said, "Get the hell out of here and go outside and fight if you're going
> to be like that!"  Mom ran a tight ship.  She was The Moderator.
>
> Rec.food.cooking does not have moderator.
>
> Too many think that r.f.c. regulars are their family and that you can
> say anything to family.
>
> Too many don't "get" that too much of the stuff lately simply does not
> belong here and instead say, "Well, if you don't like it, just killfile
> it or ignore it."  That attitude, I believe, is tacit support of the
> 'anything goes' mentality that is so prevalent.
>
> It's difficult to resist the seductive temptations that appeal to the
> part of us that wants to "be helpful" in an OT thread (sure, sometimes I
> do open the OP)  because it is so damned easy to get out < you just stop
> replying to the thread.    And it's easy to let your ugliness show
> because it really is pretty unlikely that someone is going to show up at
> your door and punch your lights out.
>
> Too many refuse to ask their questions in an appropriate group because
> they "know the people" here.  There's a joke.   If you "know" them so
> well, why don't you have their private email addresses (they're your
> "friends," remember?)  and ask privately?   Yeah, I DO ask my computer
> questions on the computer groups and the folks where I've asked have
> always been straightforward with their responses and the differences in
> opinions are put forth with civility not with venom and bluster.
>
> I understand thread drift, how the discussion can morph into something
> it was not, and I'll bet that's not what you're talking about, either.
>

I am so sad for people who cannot be happy unless things are the way
they think they SHOULD be. I mean this sincerely.

Usenet IS a free-for-all. Whether it should be or not, it is, and it has
always been. It has not changed at all, except those who have used
it for years are now more savvy.

There have always been Topic Police and offtopic posters, and the
ensuing conflicts, among other things, gave birth to people who responded
to attempts to control the free-for-all with a hearty, "Well, if an offtopic
post bothered you THAT much, how do you like this?"

People like you like to call such people "trolls."

In any case, nothing has changed. I'm willing to bet you and Goomba and
others who feel the same way were singing the same tune in your first
month on Usenet.

If you want moderation, go to a moderated group. If you want a
free-for-all, Usenet is for you. 



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