Where have all the ...

Howard Cohen said:

Where have all the good posters gone ? Since the last TdF this newsgroup
has been a boorish troll wasteland. It even make Kunich look decent.

I don't know if I qualify as a "good poster" or not but the two
problems for me are that I don't comment much on races I don't get to
see(which is just about nothing in the US) and I'm not ragging on
KuntItch anymore since I saw a picture of him.

While I am posting though, WTF is with magazine prices these days?
Velo, Roadie and some other rag on the stand today that was $7.... no
wonder I get my news from internet sites and this rat hole.

D

Howard Cohen said:

Where have all the good posters gone ? Since the last TdF this newsgroup
has been a boorish troll wasteland. It even make Kunich [censored] look decent.

NOT

i think the flaming, and proliferation of negative and ignorant
postings is
causing people to become disgusted with the group.

"gf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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i think the flaming, and proliferation of negative and ignorant
postings is
causing people to become disgusted with the group.

So somebody start a moderated forum. Usenet is a prime example of the
concept of the "tragedy of the commons."

Howard Cohen said:

Where have all the good posters gone ? Since the last TdF this newsgroup
has been a boorish troll wasteland. It even make Kunich look decent.

WTF have you added That you're giving Tom [censored]? Near as I can tell,
nothing unless you're one of the anon. pinheads.
Put up, shut up, or give us something to laugh at.
Bill C

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"Philip W. Moore, Jr." <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"gf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

i think the flaming, and proliferation of negative and ignorant
postings is
causing people to become disgusted with the group.

So somebody start a moderated forum. Usenet is a prime example of the
concept of the "tragedy of the commons."

Usenet is littered with the dried husks of moderated
groups. I do not see a problem here, where trawlers meet
their match. Dip your toe in sci.physics. Forums where
tragedy strikes are those with too many people who cannot
help but take the bait; aka marks.

--
Michael Press

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gf said:

i think the flaming, and proliferation of negative and ignorant
postings is
causing people to become disgusted with the group.

Compared to past years, this group (and I doubt you'll believe it) has
definitely become more convival, collegial, and calm.

No, seriously. Indeed, for a while there when the highracer fiasco was
in full gear, rec.bicycles.misc was less readable than rbr.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

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<[email hidden]>,

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

gf said:

i think the flaming, and proliferation of negative and ignorant
postings is
causing people to become disgusted with the group.

Compared to past years, this group (and I doubt you'll believe it) has
definitely become more convival, collegial, and calm.

No, seriously. Indeed, for a while there when the highracer fiasco was
in full gear, rec.bicycles.misc was less readable than rbr.

I have not been over at rec.bicycles.misc for a while.
What happened? I infer from your remarks that folks were
bleating about the injustice and encouraging it, rather
than getting on with their lives.

--
Michael Press

gf said:

Quoted message said:

i think the flaming, and proliferation of negative and ignorant
postings is
causing people to become disgusted with the group.

Ryan Cousineau said:

Compared to past years, this group (and I doubt you'll believe it) has
definitely become more convival, collegial, and calm.

Its just evolution at work. All the organisms who took things said in rbr
seriously have been eliminated (being rbr it definitely wasn't
intelligent design unless beavis and butthead were doing the designing).

We all left here years ago. Every once in a while, we stop by to see
how it's going here. We notice that there is almost no discussion about
bike racing, instead, everyone is focused on trying to one-up each
other. We then return to other forums where people actually discuss
bike racing.

Brad Anders

Like [email hidden]....

thanks,
jason

A moderated RBR would be agood thing indeed.
One reason I am mostly gone is the nutcases have taken over RBR.

-Ken

Ken,

You left?

thanks,
jason

Quoted message said:

We all left here years ago. Every once in a while, we stop by to see
how it's going here. We notice that there is almost no discussion about
bike racing, instead, everyone is focused on trying to one-up each
other. We then return to other forums where people actually discuss
bike racing.

Brad Anders

ok, fine fine, but i still miss the days when you would slap henry
silly, paul. i bet henry misses it too..

and nice to see you're still living 🙂

heather

h squared said:

Quoted message said:

We all left here years ago. Every once in a while, we stop by to see
how it's going here. We notice that there is almost no discussion about
bike racing, instead, everyone is focused on trying to one-up each
other. We then return to other forums where people actually discuss
bike racing.

Brad Anders

ok, fine fine, but i still miss the days when you would slap henry
silly, paul. i bet henry misses it too..

and nice to see you're still living 🙂

Dumbass -

Haha.

P. Brad Kurreck!

K. Gringioni.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

We all left here years ago. Every once in a while, we stop by to see
how it's going here. We notice that there is almost no discussion about
bike racing, instead, everyone is focused on trying to one-up each
other. We then return to other forums where people actually discuss
bike racing.

Brad Anders

Yeah...like you're a "real" racer. Crawl back under your rock dickweed.

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Michael Press said:

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Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

gf said:

i think the flaming, and proliferation of negative and ignorant
postings is
causing people to become disgusted with the group.

Compared to past years, this group (and I doubt you'll believe it) has
definitely become more convival, collegial, and calm.

No, seriously. Indeed, for a while there when the highracer fiasco was
in full gear, rec.bicycles.misc was less readable than rbr.

I have not been over at rec.bicycles.misc for a while.
What happened? I infer from your remarks that folks were
bleating about the injustice and encouraging it, rather
than getting on with their lives.

Broadly speaking, that seems to be about it. I think the problem is that
rbr is so well-acquainted with really good trollery, that the daft spam
stuff goes without notice.

The rest of rb* reacted like Los Angeles drivers in a snowstorm.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

Virtually left, yes. Also not posting either.
Maybe March 2006 things will improve here.

-Ken

k.papai said:

Virtually left, yes. Also not posting either.
Maybe March 2006 things will improve here.

Repent, the end is nigh (in March 2006) ?