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Jeßus[_3_]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:52:47 -0400, wrote:

>On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:47:57 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 6:15:39 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Will this newbie be offended if any of us reply in a less than
>>> welcoming manner?
>>>
>>>
>>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)
>
>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.
>
>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.

That would be the 'banter' forums...

>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.

Agreed. I don't much like any of the web page based stuff interfering
with Usenet.