"KW" > wrote in message
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> "Nonny" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Long ago, I came across some newsgroup where folk would discuss
>> and actually compete for trolls and insults in other
>> newsgroups. I wonder if this jerk is one of them. As I recall,
>> the people would enter a newsgroup with a legitimate comment or
>> question and continue with it for several replies, seeing how
>> many they could get. Gradually, they'd toss in a correction to
>> one of the most respected members and add a slight insult.
>> That'd draw a reply and they'd just keep upping the ante,
>> competing to see how many others could drawn into the fray.
>> Eventually, they'd report to their own newsgroup what they'd
>> done and the members would visit the newsgroup that had been
>> disrupted into a fray.
>>
>> I lost track of the name of the newsgroup, but wonder if this
>> jerk is a participant. FWIW, I've seen several other similar
>> type of escalating flame wars recently in some other newsgroups
>> I follow that seem to be of this same pattern.
>> --
>> Nonny
>>
>> . . . on a darned diet
>> and ready to chew off
>> my own elbows.
>>
>>
>
> Used to see that kind of scorekeeping activity on alt.flame &
> alt.flame-wars way back in the day....
>
> KW
>
>

The one I'm thinking about didn't even have a name that directly
implied its purpose. There were even protocols about first
joining as a newbie and establishing yourself as a light weight
contributing member. Then, you'd post something just a bit
controversial that hopefully hadn't been discussed recently.
Here, it'd be something like gas vs. smoke vs. charcoal vs. coals.
The sand vs. water discussions have been around frequently, so
that's what made me start wondering. Then, when someone took a
fairly strong stand, you'd us it to say something that would
either bring in others for/against you.

The game was to see not just how many posts you could get and keep
going on your subject, it also included how vicious you could get
others to be by goading them. Ideally, you'd see if you could turn
one against another.

If anyone knows of or recalls that group's name, it'd be fun to
look in on it and see if we've been trolled by them.

--
Nonny

.. . . on a darned diet
and ready to chew off
my own elbows.