Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 09:04:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk (Paul Richards) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Theo filter Message-ID: <199609051504.JAA06905@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <57afv5xhft.fsf@elsevier.co.uk> from "Paul Richards" at Sep 5, 96 01:41:26 pm
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Paul Richards said with respect to Theo:
> Just ignoring him works far better, if a few of our own team were less
> knee-jerk in responding to him then he'd have nothing to reply
> to. Some people here keep feeding the fire for no good reason and that
> includes sending him private mail.
>
> Your response above would fall in that category, what you propose would
> escalate the problem not improve it.
Good advice in general. Last year, I was publicly berated in the
-questions lists for taking a couple of newbies to task for stridently
demanding that they be helped regardless of the cost. I was rather
displeased since I had done this via private e-mail, something the
newbies either didn't recognize or lacked the net.manners to
appreciate. Since then, I've implemented a "demanding newbie" filter
in the most appropriate place; my own greyware.
The entire Theo thread reminded me of nights when the dogs in my
neighborhood won't shut up. It was amusing for the first 10 minutes,
then I just shut it out. Amazing how well that 'd' key works, isn't
it? Perhaps we should *all* apply it a little more, and reserve the
'f' (== flame) key for when it's really needed. Like e-mail with audio
attachments of *me singing.*
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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