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Kill filing
I had no idea Judith was going to post tonight. But I am very glad she has
because she has exposed the malice directed at the very heart of her life and career. And I would like just to say this - while I have every sympathy with those who kill file persistent cross posting and off topic trolls, I would also like to point out that many of those who emailed me and Judith about what was done to her said they didn't know about it because they had kill filed Puke. I understand their reasons for doing so and I sympathise with their impatience with her methods but she, Puke, DID come here purporting to give gardening advice. As a result of that, she should have been read and watched when it became apparent that much of what she wrote was not good advice at all. IMO, the group and all those asking advice of it, deserve the vigilance of everyone posting here. A very few of us adhered to that and as a result, we received a horrible amount of abuse and Judith was subjected to a torrent of it. If you - all of us - want this to be a real group we ALL have to look after it. We ALL have to make sure it is not abused by *anyone*. I am not interested in garden machinery or growing leeks but I did, at least, skim every thread to see what was going on. If people don't do that, they miss what was being done to Judith and could be done to others. Sorry but that won't do. A couple of years ago, a very valuable poster to this group remarked that people were coming here, taking what they wanted and otherwise contributing nothing. She predicted then that this would damage urg and I admit freely that I thought she was exaggerating. I was wrong and she was right and she is another who has gone, as have several other real experts. That "Pull up the ladder Jack, I'm alright" outlook was why Judith was treated so appallingly. Afterwards, several people expressed their private regrets to me in emails but too late. URG has been horribly tainted by this closing of the eyes to what does not affect the individual and it seems to me that it should never be allowed to happen again. IMO, the lesson to be learned from this is that if you kill file over zealously, you lose the thread - literally - and then, you lose the group. If you're a member of a group, then I think it is up to you to make sure the group remains healthy. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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