From Newsgroup: alt.free.newsservers


it really does seem like big brother "a.i." is continually scanning active usenet newsgroups and in automated response propagating troll-bot routines
resembling articles posted by the usual suspects . . . always incorrigible and perpetually rebranding, repackaging, obfuscating . . . three straight decades of usenet's troll farm and every active newsgroup is awash in them

fortunately for all non-robotic users, troll-bots are easy to spot and the
"ignore"[i] flag is the surest way to minimize their attacks on newsgroups (troll bait can be tempting, non-robot responses may help other non-robots
but in general practice, feeding trolls by replying to them is inadvisable)
it does seem like troll-bots reply to themselves often, typical troll-tell

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