Discussion:
uk.rec.interior-design down the pan
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James Taylor
2004-02-10 17:35:13 UTC
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I've been lurking in uk.rec.interior-design for many weeks now
Me too, but I don't see any of the problems you describe.
All is peaceful here, with the possible exception of this
posting of yours. In my experience textual forums such as
this are prone to misunderstandings and the best thing is
simply to ignore angry people until they calm down.
Also, try not to become one of the angry people yourself.
Tolerance and patience are the primary virtues here.

Sometimes people deliberately try to cause arguments
because their social skills are too poor to relate in
any other way. These people are called "trolls" and can
be easily filtered out of existence using a "killfile".
This allows everyone else to continue discussions
without the poisonous influence of such sociopaths.

You can read more about killfiles here:
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/killfilefaq.htm

Good luck.
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Ric H
2004-02-20 21:46:04 UTC
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Post by James Taylor
I've been lurking in uk.rec.interior-design for many weeks now
Me too, but I don't see any of the problems you describe.
All is peaceful here, with the possible exception of this
posting of yours. In my experience textual forums such as
this are prone to misunderstandings and the best thing is
simply to ignore angry people until they calm down.
Also, try not to become one of the angry people yourself.
Tolerance and patience are the primary virtues here.
Sometimes people deliberately try to cause arguments
because their social skills are too poor to relate in
any other way. These people are called "trolls" and can
be easily filtered out of existence using a "killfile".
This allows everyone else to continue discussions
without the poisonous influence of such sociopaths.
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/killfilefaq.htm
Good luck.
it's a troll post. same thing with <insert name of group here> in is all
over usenet.

ric

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