>On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:47:05 -0500, bobbin <spin@homebody.net.SPAM.invalid> wrote:
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>>Message-ID: <rt89i4hi5l7aqlcp1n1t43fsqh85sbtvea@4ax.com>
>>>Well it seems i blabber on a lot in this thread.
>>Discussion is what makes a Group strong, ES. This discussion is maybe going beyond
>>where the topic began, This is fine, maybe a new topic is more appropriate to
>>continue with some points you make, and more posters joining in?
>>Sewing discussion groups are well populated with good healthy discussion,
>>a good source for information on many topics. Posters giving up "blabber"
>>provide a good read :)
>>
>>>Maybe it would be a good thing if this group has a good FAQ and that it is posted at
>>>least once a week.
>>FAQ postings are often ignored with some Users objecting to the posts even. Regular
>>postings of updated FAQ articles proves useful for some groups but the whole of the
>>activity really depends on those who are able to help, with requests for help, having
>>access to a set file to post where the file answers the question.
>>I think this is what happens in this Group?
>>I do not intend any offence in saying the ABCP_miNi_FAQ_Rev777.pdf file posted
>>is way behind what is current for Usenet. The NZB observation you make is just
>>one thing the file does not even address. Modern trends are showing the optimum
>>solution to high speed groups is to use a binary search engine and build your own
>>personal NZB from your selection. Again, more work to do for the User but
>>nothing worth having is free of some work.
>>Modern FAQ files for binary groups could nominate at least one search engine.
>>http://www.binsearch.info/index.php?adv_sort=date
>>
>>>For a long time 5'2" did it but now i do not see a post of the faq on a regular base
>>>anymore.
>>>
>>There is another problem with regular posting of FAQ files, someone has to post.
>>A Poster has change in their Family or gets sick, goes on holidays and the posting
>>falls off the list.
>>It is normal for Users to feel someone owns the posting and therefore they will not
>>continue in the Poster's absence. You have found the exact problem with one person
>>posting FAQ files.
>>
>>>Well i have to thank you also for talking about those things with me and not jumping
>>>on my throat.
>>My response is guided by your response. This is how discussion works, we choose
>>when we start pushing the strokes on the keyboard. So it is to you the thanks is to
>>be directed to.
>>Thank you.
>>
>Do not misunderstand me, i do not say the faq for this group is not good and if it is
>outdated at some points it be so it always is better than nothing.
>What i see is that people ask for something and others post what was asked for and
>most of the time it is done ad hoc and is it not true that people who get themself a
>program just fly off without reading one word in the user manual?
>Well same thing here i think but again i agree it is a good thing people who know
>tell people who are new or do not know how to do things and when they do so come from
>their high horses and treat people like people and not as a no good for nothing
>because something was not done according the rules.
>Even in other newsgroups where people make a mistake people tolerate it the first
>time but tell the poster what to do.
>If the poster persist in making the same error over and over they will be flamed but
>till now i have never seen a newsgroup with a zero tolerance in regard to that.
>
>In regard to the NZB files and Binsearch, my expireance is that sometimes they come
>in handy and it keeps me from pulling down a 2 Million headers long list of a couple
>of hundred MB.
>I think everybody has his own way to handle those kind of things.
>
>In regard to posting the faq on a regular base you are right, someone has to make
>hisself responsible for that and if for some reason that person can not post them
>anymore someone has to take over.
>It is a pitty people think the poster owns the posting and what i tell now is what i
>know from hearsay.
>For some years back everybody in this group posted the faq at the moment it was
>needed.
>If someone new came to the group and told he/she was new and asked how things were
>done here someone posted the faq for that person, this does not happen anymore.
>
You lieing SOB.
You say anything to anything.
When I check group I post. You do beter.
You will not. All you *can* do is lie and post
trouble.
Now you happy you troll me.
PLONK your sorry ass.
>I also thank you for your time and efford explaining things to me.
>
You have been told many times.
You will not change your spots.
>Have a nice day Bobbin.
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