WOO HOO ! Thanks Doc for posting this. I am a grateful receiver of your
list and I thanked you immediately. You are a very kind person! Thanks for
saying what needed to be said. Hopefully it will sink in. A BIG hug to you!
XXOO
"B"
NP-f31 wrote:
> Attention ALL and text posters:
>
> Let me preface this by saying NO ONE should take this post as a
> personal attack. I am addressing the group and group behaviors.
>
> You may have noticed that there is a steadily decreasing amount of
> content available in the groups. This is YOUR fault. The posters
> are sick and tired of you endangering their security by making
> comments about the nature of the content of posts. I don't blame
> them. Why should they bother posting openly when someone (who
> doesn't know better) posts passwords, group names, or content
> descriptions for everyone to see? What happens then? The posters
> get their posting privileges canceled or worse.
>
> The posters are fed up with your constant whining. 'I can't see
> this post on my server!' Why are you posting with yEnc? My
> newreader can't decode that!' 'Why doesn't anyone post more of THIS
> or THAT?' 'What kind of program opens these files?'
>
> They are irritated with your laziness. Why would anyone ask for a
> repost if the PAR files are right there? If you're not receiving
> complete posts why don't you change news servers? Get the software,
> Learn to use the software, and you will have no problems. The
> posters KNOW when their posts don't go through properly. When that
> happens they almost ALWAYS do a repost without anyone asking.
>
> And most of all they are sick of your demanding attitude. 'Post the
> following titles for me:' 'I requested these last week, why didn't
> you post them?' 'I didn't like that post, post more of this.' You
> know all of this is true. You're either lazy, stupid or evil. Take
> your pick.
>
> As of today, ALMOST ALL of the posters have left, they are
> posting for themselves in secret groups and you find yourselves ASS
> OUT.
>
> That's right, they are in secret groups, and not so secret groups,
> posting for themselves only. They will not acknowledge you, they will
> not respond to you. They disdain you. And YOU made all of this happen
> either through inexperience, stupidity or selfishness.
>
> I tried to broker a deal with the posters on your behalf to allow me
> to share passwords and the location of the secret groups so you will
> have access to the content you seek. They would have none of it. I
> guess I don't blame them. Don't ask me for the secret groups or the
> passwords, I don't have the passwords and I won't give out the group
> names, it doesn't matter anyway, you could never access the material.
>
> A buttload of people have asked for my list of groups. Almost all are
> appreciative, if they acknowledge my e-mail at all, but then some
> write back to complain that many groups are dead or there is not much
> posting going on. This is typical of the behavior I'm talking about. I
> give you a list of recently active groups and you complain to me that
> it's not enough. Bloody hell.
>
> SO now we have hundreds of lurkers who are desperate for new material.
> What are we going to do now?
>
> My primary concern is for the safety of boys in real life. As the
> groups have begun to dry up, lurkers have been getting more and
> more desperate. I believe that the content provided by the posters
> keeps boys safe, bottom line. If they can wank their fantasies
> away, then BLs are less likely to be aggressive toward a boy in
> their life.
>
> My secondary concern is for the safety of newbie lurkers who out of
> desperation and inexperience will make foolish mistakes that
> compromise their security and bring them into conflict with
> authorities. This is already happening.
>
> So what can YOU do?
>
> Well, if you have a boy in your life, leave him alone. Boys are the
> treasures we live for. Taking advantage of a boy for your own selfish
> gratification goes against what we're about. It will hurt the boy
> emotionally, physically and psychologically, it will likely end you in
> prison. Make your focus about the needs of the boy you love, NOT about
> your desires.
>
> DO NOT expose yourself to websites or peer-to-peer networks without
> the proper security measures. These two areas are where you are most
> vulnerable. Desperate people do desperate things and you'd only be
> making the job of LEA easier. Don't try to pick up a boy in a
> chatroom. It ISN'T a boy. It's a cop. Consider the dangers and
> consequences of your actions BEFORE you make a fatal mistake.
>
> As of this moment you have a tiny handful of posters willing to share
> with you. Treasure these posters, do nothing to alienate them.
> Appreciate them. When they go away you are completely fucked. If you
> show that you can act properly as a group, it may entice some former
> posters to return and give you a second chance. Pray for that to
> happen.
>
> SOME ADVICE:
>
> If there are parts missing in a post, use the PARS. If a post is so
> terribly corrupted that PARS can't fix it, then you need to get
> another news service.
>
> Don't complain that you don't have these groups on your news
> server. That's YOUR problem. Have your provider add the group or
> change services. Even now there are text posters in another group
> trying to hound one of the few remaining posters to switch to a
> different group. Posters rule, adapt! At the very least compromise
> delicately with the poster, DON'T be demanding.
>
> 1) Do not not share the other group names openly.
> 2) Except to say thanks, do not discuss group content openly. Rather
> make comments in a different group like this one.
> 3) Thank posters appropriately.
> 4) Do not post to ask questions in the content group. Use a separate
> text group, like this one.
> 5) Do not post requests unless they are solicited by the posters.
> 6) Do not post to ask for reposts. Use the PARS or change servers.
> 7) Do not post to complain. Nobody cares what a whiner thinks and it
> just pisses off posters.
>
> If it is clear that a post was incomplete on the server of origin,
> discuss it in a separate text group. The poster may repost files if it
> is clear the poster's service came through incomplete. The idea is to
> keep the content of a group unknown to those who happen to be passing
> through, like trolls, or zealots. Someone would have to go to a lot of
> trouble to figure out what's going on in a group if we follow those
> guidelines.
>
> Finally, don't flame me for pointing these things out. For once, just
> consider how YOU might have been a part of the problem.
>
> STAY SAFE,
>
> Doc
> NP-f31
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