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trolls are usenet's "connection keeper", perpetually simulating activity
in order to keep usenet alive . . . trolls are essentially chatbots that mimic nonsensical human conversation, posting via every available server
en masse around the clock, as if to justify usenet's continued existence

server administrators may view usenet trolls as a "necessary evil" which is akin to postal service junkmail, busywork that helps keep them afloat, so usenet trolling must be accepted and propagated across peering usenet servers, because if trolls stopped posting, usenet would likely flatline

fortunately for non-troll usenet subscribers, most newsreaders have some filtering features (especially the global "ignore" filter i.e. "from *"), making it easy to ignore trolls, by unignoring only helpful contributors, while automatically moving all else to the trash, "junk"/"troll" folders

ignoring trolls is the surest and easiest way to silently support trolls, knowing that trolls are chatbots, and usenet depends on chatbots for its survival as an internet-accessible repository of plain text articles and discussions among non-trolls, mostly unmoderated, and open to the public

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D wrote:

trolls are usenet's "connection keeper", perpetually simulating activity in order to keep usenet alive . . . trolls are essentially chatbots that mimic nonsensical human conversation, posting via every available server
en masse around the clock, as if to justify usenet's continued existence

server administrators may view usenet trolls as a "necessary evil" which is akin to postal service junkmail, busywork that helps keep them afloat,
so usenet trolling must be accepted and propagated across peering usenet servers, because if trolls stopped posting, usenet would likely flatline

fortunately for non-troll usenet subscribers, most newsreaders have some
filtering features (especially the global "ignore" filter i.e. "from *"),
making it easy to ignore trolls, by unignoring only helpful contributors,
while automatically moving all else to the trash, "junk"/"troll" folders

ignoring trolls is the surest and easiest way to silently support trolls, knowing that trolls are chatbots, and usenet depends on chatbots for its survival as an internet-accessible repository of plain text articles and
discussions among non-trolls, mostly unmoderated, and open to the public

Mind you asshole troll D, with your repeated postings you act as a chatbot.
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:04:42 -0000, Ch1ffr3punk wrote:

Mind you asshole troll D, with your repeated postings you act as a chatbot.

What's the matter? Your newsreader can't create a simple kill filter for
the guy?
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s|b wrote:

On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:04:42 -0000, Ch1ffr3punk wrote:

Mind you asshole troll D, with your repeated postings you act as a chatbot.

What's the matter? Your newsreader can't create a simple kill filter for
the guy?

I am using Usenet for over 40 years and never have used a killfile.
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