Test and question

[tbaywife]

Hi All sort of a semi new lurker here - I hadn't been on newsgroups for a long time - but I have subscribed to a few - in a large variety of subject but I am so surprised to find that no matter what the subject even Home Cleaning - that there is so much bickering and back biting here over simple issues? Is there something I missed? Some change??? It almost makes a lurker not want to post?

Just a Question I guess

Jen

Kind words are brief -- But their echo resonates forever

[newsgroup]

I've thought about how people who can't see and will probably never meet,
have treated each other. Just my opinon, but some of it is just that, they
don't have the same social consequences of face to face. Another, may be
time. Those with more time to read and respond, may replace some of their
"life" online. Anyone have other ideas of why this happens? I couldn't
probably think of more, but have other things to do.<s>


"tbaywife" <tbaywife@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:KbadnUluEbUZe4DfRVn-rw@tbaytel.net...
Hi All sort of a semi new lurker here - I hadn't been on newsgroups for a
long time - but I have subscribed to a few - in a large variety of subject
but I am so surprised to find that no matter what the subject even Home
Cleaning - that there is so much bickering and back biting here over simple
issues? Is there something I missed? Some change??? It almost makes a
lurker not want to post?

Just a Question I guess

Jen

Kind words are brief -- But their echo resonates forever

[Vox Humana]

"tbaywife" <tbaywife@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:KbadnUluEbUZe4DfRVn-rw@tbaytel.net...
Hi All sort of a semi new lurker here - I hadn't been on newsgroups for a
long time - but I have subscribed to a few - in a large variety of subject
but I am so surprised to find that no matter what the subject even Home
Cleaning - that there is so much bickering and back biting here over simple
issues? Is there something I missed? Some change??? It almost makes a
lurker not want to post?

Just a Question I guess

Jen

Kind words are brief -- But their echo resonates forever

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That's the nature of Usenet. Your message criticizing the culture of the
newsgroup is no different that the very messages that you are objecting to.
It is like going to a foreign country and telling people you don't like the
way they act. Many people find newsgroups objectionable and move on to
other types of forums. May I suggest you look for moderated groups where
there is no controversy. As you have learned, nearly all groups are
contentious and your admonition is not going to change things here or
elsewhere.

[Michael A. Ball]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:35:35 -0500, "tbaywife" <tbaywife@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>...

>Kind words are brief -- But their echo resonates forever.

Generally, Usenet is Not for the faint of heart. Most, if not all, news
groups are made up of folks from both ends of the spectrum: the most
vile and the cream of the crop. And everywhere in between. With time and
practice, you can pick out the folks worth listening to, and the folks
that have to be filtered out.

Usenet is a wonderful place to reveal one's real self--or the self one
wishes to be perceived as. Heck, you can even have a different
personality for each news group you subscribe to! Oops: some of us can!
LOL

Oh, I hope you aren't mistaking "bickering" for hot debate.

Now stop sniveling, and have fun! :-)


When I die, I want to go where dogs go!

[Rick Rider]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:43:22 GMT, "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"tbaywife" <tbaywife@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:KbadnUluEbUZe4DfRVn-rw@tbaytel.net...
>Hi All sort of a semi new lurker here - I hadn't been on newsgroups for a
>long time - but I have subscribed to a few - in a large variety of subject
>but I am so surprised to find that no matter what the subject even Home
>Cleaning - that there is so much bickering and back biting here over simple
>issues? Is there something I missed? Some change??? It almost makes a
>lurker not want to post?
>
>Just a Question I guess
>
>Jen
>
>Kind words are brief -- But their echo resonates forever
>
>------------------------------------
>That's the nature of Usenet. Your message criticizing the culture of the
>newsgroup is no different that the very messages that you are objecting to.
>It is like going to a foreign country and telling people you don't like the
>way they act. Many people find newsgroups objectionable and move on to
>other types of forums. May I suggest you look for moderated groups where
>there is no controversy. As you have learned, nearly all groups are
>contentious and your admonition is not going to change things here or
>elsewhere.
>
>

I liked this response. May I repeat it in other newsgroups as the situation dictates?

This comes up from time to time in just about every newsgroup that is not moderated, and
similar versions for the moderated groups. Good answer.






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Rick R
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