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  • Deleted my entire Bozo Bin

    From Zaghadka@3:633/10 to All on Friday, May 01, 2026 17:27:36
    As maintenance, I just got rid of every specific poster in my killfile.
    What do you think will happen? Lol

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    Zag

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Spalls Hurgenson@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 02, 2026 10:59:42
    On Fri, 01 May 2026 17:27:36 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    said this thing:

    As maintenance, I just got rid of every specific poster in my killfile.
    What do you think will happen? Lol

    You can see me again? ;-)

    I'm sorry. I'll go back in the box now. I like it in there. It's nice
    and quiet.

    #

    Every now and again I delete the people in my kill-file list too. Most
    of the time, there's not much effect, since a lot of those trolls have
    gone away... and the few that remain are easily caught.

    There's no real reason for me to ever clean-out the killfiles, except
    --having started to compute back in the resource-starved days of
    8-bits and (later) DOS-- I still instinctively try to optimize even
    when there's no need.



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Mike S.@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 02, 2026 13:09:04
    On Fri, 01 May 2026 17:27:36 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    As maintenance, I just got rid of every specific poster in my killfile.
    What do you think will happen? Lol

    I just checked my kill filter and only one poster still posts that I
    know of. I only see his posts when someone else replies to him. I tend
    to only killfile people who personally attack me these days.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Rin Stowleigh@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 02, 2026 13:55:07
    On Sat, 02 May 2026 13:09:04 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    I just checked my kill filter and only one poster still posts that I
    know of. I only see his posts when someone else replies to him. I tend
    to only killfile people who personally attack me these days.

    I killfiled a few people in this NG many years back.. I think all of
    them got plonked between 2010 and 2014, but I've kept them filtered
    all of that time, simply because when I decide to plonk someone it's
    never for a one-off type of minor offense. It's when their behavior
    belies a personality that displays egregious passion and ongoing
    commitment to being an incurable douchebag. I've just found that
    those types of wankers never change, and if you allow yourself to
    invest time in reading what they write after you've identified them,
    it's a waste of life. Giving them another chance will only lead to
    wishing you had that time back, nothing to gain.

    Every now and then a troll will do a drive-by on me just for sport. It
    doesn't bother me at all, especially if it's funny. But I don't think
    I've actually needed to add to the filter in a very long time, like 12
    years or so.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)