Offtopic noise: Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a...

[Dennis Smith]

How about, we don't bring the list down to the level of a Fox/Sky broadcast?

As the thread has been mangled (it was one thread but people changed
the subject line fudging threaded view), I cannot find the original
comment without taxing my sore brain right now. However I wanted to
elaborate on my comment about not reading the messages below the top
part. To clarify, in received messages the old parts of the message
are filtered out and only the new part of the message is visible, if
you put your comment in the middle of the message, it's not shown to
me. I have about 30 messages that are largely a pile of nonsense mush
without context or meaning, that in order to read the full message
including original content I have to open each one separately.

Also I am subscribed to about 80 different groups with daily emails (I
receive well over a 1000 emails a day as a result) and I have no
trouble with any of them except the 2 lists that insist on interposed
or bottom posting.

Dennis Smith
M1DLG

On 18 May 2016 at 19:55, C E Macfarlane <c.e.macfarlane at macfh.co.uk> wrote:
> Please see below ...
>
> www.macfh.co.uk/CEMH.html
>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org]On
>>     Behalf Of Veni Vidi Video
>>     Sent: 18 May 2016 19:20
>>     To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
>>     Subject: Re: Offtopic noise: Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a...
>>
>>     Okay, everyone is thinking it, so I'll say it.  If C E
>>     Macfarlane were banned from the list the vast majority of the
>>     truly offensive OT noise would be eliminated.
>
> Well, for the most part I think I am responding to people flaming me, as you
> have just done!  This suggests to me that the cure is not as simple as you
> make out.
>
>>       It's easy to
>>     filter him out
>
> Yes, and that would certainly be preferable to continuing the flame war.
>
>>       but unfortunately various people rise to the
>>     bait
>
> Again, as you have done.
>
>>       and respond to his nastiness
>
> Mmmm!  Pots and kettles!
>
>>       and those people may in
>>     other threads provide useful observations.
>
> As indeed I have done in the past, and may do so in future.
>
>>     At a minimum, I suggest to everyone that you just not respond
>>     to Macfarlane.  Yes, he'll flame you.  I know beyond a doubt
>>     he'll flame me for this.
>
> Well, you may consider the above a flame, but, given the provocation, it
> seems a fairly reasonable response to me!
>
>
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