Re: SPAM vs. Trollin (was: Linus speaks - The World Listens)

From: Thomas H Jones II (ferric_at_xanthia.com)
Date: 07/24/03 

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:36:07 -0500

In article <news-CFBB4A.11365824072003@news.tdl.com>,
Michael Vilain <vilain@spamcop.net> wrote:
>In article <3OSdncv36oX7k72iRTvUrg@speakeasy.net>,
> ferric@xanthia.com (Thomas H Jones II) wrote:
>> What he has been doing is the equivalent of those people that post the
>> "Get a bigger penis NOW!!!" messages into newsgroups. If he were _only_
>> posting into the comp.linux.advocacy newsgroup (or even a Linux related
>> newsgroup), it would be different. However, what he is doing is trolling.
>> Most responsible usenet services consider that to be an abuse of their
>> service.
>>
>> Fortunately, this guy is likely an overzealous Linux noob (as people that
>> have used linux for a long time tend to be a bit more laid back - it's
>> just a tool, not a religion) who hasn't locked down his system, yet. Maybe
>> we should pay his sytems a visit? Question is, does his ISP use expiring
>> DHCP leases to assign IPs, or is his IP relatively static?
>
>Is what he posted against the charter of comp.unix.solaris or
>specifically prohibited in the newsgroups FAQ (not Solaris' FAQ). I
>overzealously reported a posting as SPAM and ended up unable to justify
>that it was. Unless it's blatantly inflammatory, just because you don't
>agree with it doesn't make it the equivalent of SPAM and reportable to
>an ISP.

Who's talking about reporting to an ISP? I was speaking more about what
some might call, "direct action".

>Now, if he'd put something like "All <fill in the ethnic/racial/sexual
>minority> people will go to hell..." or "Buy SPAMINATOR-PLUS". He'd be
>reportable in my view. Something like "<fill in your favorite
>monopolistic company> RULEZ THE WORLD" is really only plonkable, sad to
>say.

I would probably have less of a problem with the posts if he actually
SAID something in his posts. Something that indicated "hey, I'm not just
cross-posting this stuff into unrelated newsgroups because I have the
mentality of a nine year old". I mean, christ, tell me WHY it's freaking
relevant enough to warrant it being posted. Otherwise, it's a troll.

However, I guess I should simply set my killfile to nuke any articles that
are cross-posted to comp.linux.advocacy, as it will save me from having to
update my killfile everytime "Mr. Smythe" gets a new hotmail type of
account.

-tom 

-- 
"You can only be -so- accurate with a claw-hammer."  --me

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