OT: Your favorite self-carbonated drink mix
John Doe wrote:
> A kill file is for dummies.
>
> No intelligent person hides the activity of their foe.
>
> Besides, most kill file users are not smart enough (or not capable,
> like a Google groups user) to ignore a thread branch, so they end up
> stumbling over replies to the person in their kill file. The only
> thing a kill file does is let a not quite grown up poster taunt other
> people about being kill filed.
>
> Mutual blocking would be an entirely different matter. But,
> unfortunately, that's not available.
>
> The best and only really useful USENET filter is "ignore thread
> branch", to ignore a thread or subthread with a single key.
Only trolls care about killfiles.
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