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Subject: Re: PING: Cosmos
From: TomBa <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Morpheus <Morpheus@dreamland.com> wrote in
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> On Sun, 16 May 2010 17:57:31 -0700, insane_for_boys! wrote
> (in article <4bf0947c$0$5256$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>):
>
>> On 2010-05-16 19:17:01 -0500, Morpheus <Morpheus@dreamland.com> said:
>>
>>> On Sun, 16 May 2010 16:03:15 -0700, insane_for_boys! wrote
>>> (in article <4bf079b4$0$1572$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>):
>>>
>>>> On 2010-05-16 17:24:28 -0500, "-C\"0,SM'0S." <Ow@Zats.com> said:
>>>>
>>>>> "Perhaps you will think on the following advice.
>>>>> What I will say is I think you are trying too hard to post to the
>>>>> group, Its not purely down to quantity alone, and it will not only
>>>>> be me you piss of if you continue on your current course of
>>>>> action."
>>>>
>>>> Do you mean that people will get pissed if I accidentally upload
>>>> thumbnails again?
>>>>
>>>> Or that people will get pissed if I continue to upload random pics?
>>>> I highly doubt that others are going to get too upset for me
>>>> sharing on here and I plan to continue to share whatever I please
>>>> as long as it's related to the group.
>>>>
>>>> "It is not very becoming of you to upload to this group pictures
>>>> that you have clearly not had time to look at and check that they
>>>> indeed are of boys and of suitable quality.
>>>> May I suggest that you start from the basis that you first sort
>>>> through them and select the ones that you like! That's a good a
>>>> rule as any to work with."
>>>>
>>>> Yes, there were some sets that had non-related pics in them. I'll
>>>> be careful of that for sure!
>>>> As far as my recent pics go, I do plan to upload the remainder of
>>>> the pics from the galleries I gave the link for since they are
>>>> specific sets by names of boys.
>>>>
>>>> "Another aspect is one of safety, it is very important that you
>>>> know exactly what you are posting, and examine it carefully before
>>>> hitting the send button, you would not be the first poster to
>>>> upload his power company bill accidentally, but the consequences
>>>> can be catastrophic. Regards power post, it will upload the
>>>> contents of the folder that you queue, what it posts is down to
>>>> you?"
>>>>
>>>> Ah, I know what you mean about being safe. Again, that's why I need
>>>> to make sure of what I'm uploading before I send. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey, I sure don't want us to be enemies on this group. Like others
>>>> have said, as long as it's related to the group, anything and
>>>> everything is welcome on here. Just because you may have a problem
>>>> with some stuff I post, I don't think others will. As long as I
>>>> post pics of boys that are not thumbnails, there shouldn't be a
>>>> problem. There's been too much fighting here in the past so PLEASE,
>>>> let's be friends here, OK? If it wasn't for you, me and a few
>>>> others, this group would completely die off. Do we really want that
>>>> to happen? I sure don't! I sure hope you'll agree with me. :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't have very strong feelings one way or the other, but it would
>>> be in your interest to pay close attention to the advice Cosmos had
>>> for you. He is
>>> a highly (underline, underline) respected member of this group and
>>> is extraordinarily gracious. His response to you is an example of
>>> that.
>>>
>>> Your posts are welcome up to a point. I cannot speak for others,
>>> but the very large volume of images you post has a kind of deadening
>>> effect. Each individual image becomes trivialized. Too much in my
>>> view! (pun intended)
>>>
>>> But I don't criticize posters, particularly since I don't post
>>> anything other
>>> than commentary. If you take the time to post, then how you do it
>>> is pretty
>>> much up to you. I don't criticize posters for taking whatever
>>> security measures they feel they must (passwords, for example).
>>>
>>> I do agree with Mover that just dumping tons of pix is more in
>>> keeping with the practices of groups other than this one. And,
>>> those long, long strings of posts do make other material a bit
>>> harder to find.
>>>
>>> I would emphasize, however, Cosmos's point about security. Probably
>>> each of us has posted, at one time or another, a careless post. It
>>> should make you nervous. All of these groups are constantly
>>> observed by those who wish us harm (not all of whom are LEA) and it
>>> pays to be doubly certain about what you are going to put out there.
>>
>> Mover and Morpheus, your points are well taken. I wonder if part of
>> the reason for all this is because of my flood of pics that I did
>> with my request for group/collage pics and all the bullshit that got
>> started because of all that. I'm sorry, but I can't help all that.
>> Also, many of my posts recently haven't been just random pics.
>> They've either been sets with names of boys or by a specific subject:
>> boys blowing bubbles, sleeping, blond haired boys, etc. So, to some
>> degree, I am not just posting randomly. Either way, I do plan to post
>> whatever I please. If it upsets you, then I can't help that. I will,
>> however, continue to post specific things either based on names of
>> boys or certain subjects. I won't just post a bunch of random pics.
>> And even if I did post random pics, so what? Also, if you don't like
>> how pics get mixed up with text posts, then I recommend you get a
>> newsreader that lets you separate binary posts from text posts. And
>> for material that is hard to find because someone posts too much
>> stuff, some newsreaders have a search function that lets you search
>> for binary posts. So, if you typed in Jimmy for example, you could
>> easily get all of those posts. Newsleecher is a good one. It's not
>> free though so you'd have to get a hacked version. Anyway, like I
>> said, let's not let this turn into fighting. PLEASE. Whatever ANYONE
>> decides to post on here, as long as it's on topic, should be welcome
>> by ALL! I VERY MUCH enjoy this group and will NOT let anyone on here
>> ruin it for me. Let's all try our VERY BEST to keep the peace! :)
>>
>
> No need to wonder about the source of my remarks. Let me assure you
> they had nothing to do with the earlier misunderstandings about
> floods. If you recall I tried to explain to the other person what it
> was you wanted. No my remarks are directed right at you.
>
> If you read my comments again, you will see that I did not say your
> posts were random. What I said was that you are posting so many
> images, they lose significance and that you are dominating group
> airspace in a predatory way.
>
> Your statement that you "...plan to post whatever (you) please..."
> seems argumentative in tone. And, again you say if that upsets me
> you can't help that. This is Mover's point and, later, Grant's
> point. You can help that.
>
> If you know someone is offended or upset by something and you do it
> anyway,
> that is deliberately antagonistic. Let's call it what it is. You may
> not care (your choice) but you do bear responsibility for what you do
> and its consequences. Several people have (rather gently) complained
> about the way you are posting. Your answer ("I can't help that") is
> saying essentially 'fuck-off.'
>
> Your solution to the problem of your long floods (posted on top of
> others trying to post at the same time) obscuring other content is for
> me to go out and get a different newreader. Again a rather clear
> 'fuck-you' approach.
>
> You get to decide what you post and how you post. We get to decide
> how we feel about that. You get to tell us to fuck-off. We get to
> get irritated with you. Such is the nature of newsgroups.
>
> As for whether or not The Fort would die (as you put it) if you
> stopped posting, you obviously have an inflated idea of your
> importance. You could fall off the planet tomorrow and the Fort would
> not change that much. Some would say it would improve.
>
> I'm not going to complain to "....the newsgroup god (sic) or
> something..." I'll just drop your name in the bozo bin.
>
>
>
>
Darn you Morph! You stole the words right out of my mouth...
Ah well. Well stated!
--
TomBa NP-f36
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