+Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.network> trolled:

pgp trash troll delete

My name is Alan Hicks and I am a coward.

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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Two Ravens dared to utter,
>> Quite! I have been out for exactly 12 hours today, (Annual County
>> Agricultural Association Show), and in my absence instead of the usual
>> 20 > 30 posts, there have been 87!
>
> I know. Discouraging ain't it? I've no problem with people posting a
> lot, or with high volume newsgroups, but people need to learn when they
> have something worthwhile to discuss they should make fewer posts with
> more content, and shut up when they've got nothing anyone is remotely
> interested in. No one's interested in how bad some one's boyfriend is
> going to beat you up for being mean on of all things an alt.*
> newsgroup. No one needs to here about how proud you are that your
> thread has so many replies, the vast majority of which are one liners
> you yourself made.
>
> Listen up; I'm only gonna say this once. The rules of netiquette
> require that a newbie to a mailing list or usenet group should do the
> following things.
>
> A) Lurk awhile before posting. See how frequent different people post
> and get a feel for who to listen to and who to ignore. This will tell
> you more about what is acceptable in the group than any other action
> you can take.
> B) When you decide to post, posting introductory messages like "I just
> got X and ain't it great" are frowned on. Everyone got X sometime and
> everyone thought it was great, else we wouldn't be here. Hearing every
> newb repeat it over and over again just angers people against you.
> C) Be informative when you post. "I have a problem with Y" isn't going
> to get you anywhere. Tell what your problem is, what it's symptoms
> are, and anything you might feel could help some one else diagnose the
> problem. Attaching portions of relevant logs is good, but if these are
> any size, should generally, IMHO be foot-noted and placed after your
> synopsis of the problem.
> D) No one gives a smelly rat's ass about your personal life. Leave it
> at the door. No exceptions allowed. You want to talk about my
> personal life, you can do that on the OT mailing list (where it
> actually is on topic incidently), but not here. That's what everyone
> who's any sort of established presence here has done to keep personal
> non-Slackware discussions out of the group.
> E) Don't flood the newsgroup or mailing list with tons of posts. This
> is at least as disturbing as flooding an IRC channel. People really
> hate to see a dozen posts from the same guy on the same topic in a day
> without the man ever adding anything to the discussion past his first
> two or three posts. If you've got nothing to say, shut your mouth.
> F) Wear your asbetos undies, 'cause it gets hot sometimes.
>
> - --
> It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
> Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
> Ecclesiastes 7:5
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