"Ross Richardson" wrote

Some observations

* Good questions are asked only to be rudely answered.

Sometimes, you big jerk! g

* Responder to above is mostly anonymous, but not always.

Given, in many cases. In a lot of cases, the responder is rude to most
people. People like that quickly find their way into my kill file, not
quite as quick if they are really smart! g

I'll add my own observation. Kill files can make the difference between
usenet with enjoyment, or usenet with stress.

* Some posters do not stay civil, use crude language rather than
explaining their position.

They resort to crude language because their position is weak. The weaker
position, the more crude the answer.

Part of life is knowing when and where it is time to be crude. I'm a
construction worker at heart, and can cuss with the best of them. Here is
not the place or time.

* For the trolls and other antagonistic posters - just do not respond
to them. Let it die. But the thread going keeps going.

Oh, how I wish that would happen. Skylune would have been gone a long time
ago.

* Threads part from the original post in about 6 to 8 replies. No back
up data on my part, can't prove it, just an observation.

On target for many posts, I'll bet. My observation is that posts with a
wide interest have a better chance of making it longer. Any possible human
connection, where somone can be blamed, will quickly be taken down a
political path. Political discussions make me more angry than any other
thing in here.

* I learn over time who are knowledgeable and I can trust their answer
and learn something. Others I ignore. Some are knowledgeable but
obnoxious in their reply and I tolerate that.

I'm close to agreeing on this one. There are times when even the smart
people get it wrong, and the dumb people get it rignt. It takes some
discriminating sorting to figure out what is what. I do agree that some
people are far more likely to have the right answer, and need to be read
carefully.

Let the flames begin....

Pretty good observations. Hey, you must be a pretty fart smeller! OOps...
I meant a pretty smart feller! g
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Jim in NC