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Why we are not always kind to newbies ... was ...Does anyone remember Franco Palumbo
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> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:47:57 -0800 (PST), "
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>>On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 6:15:39 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
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>>> On 2015-02-22 19:00, wrote:
>>> > I packaged Franco & sold the pilot for Slim Cuisine to KOCE in
>>> > Huntington Beach, CA in 1979. Franco died of AIDS.
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>>> Will this newbie be offended if any of us reply in a less than
>>> welcoming manner?
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>>I won't be offended. I see a lot of these dumbasses on other groups
>>dredging up 10-15-20 year old posts and replying like someone had just
>>posted a question a few hours before. And you never see these dummies
>>again. (Thankfully)
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> Those are not necessarily posters actually reading the group. In one
> of my groups it was taken over - surreptitiously - by a setup that
> tranferred our posts to themselves, sold ads, and would plant
> questions from way back to keep their group looking as if everyone was
> active.
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> We learned if the posters header showed 'gmail' or they dredged up an
> ancient post, don't do anything, ignore it. I did email the fake
> group concerned and threatened legal action if they continued to put
> what I posted up on their club (we didn't know what else to call it)
> The other thing that made them obvious was they asked a question but
> never displayed any interest in the answers.
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> I think those places are now known as mirror groups, I dislike the
> fact that without a by your leave, they just take your post and
> publish it elsewhere. They stopped reflecting mine but still would
> use one from a poster who put a sig line with legalese about not
> republishing her posts. It would be there, sig line and all.
What we call 'taking the ****'!
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