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Kill filing
"Sacha" wrote in message ... What all you kill filers are refusing to wake up to is that urg is already almost unusable It's almost unusable, only because some former members have allowed themselves to be driven off by a troll. You cannot beat a determined troll on Usenet, except by ignoring them. As to people contacting other poster's employers. This situation isn't unique to this newsgroup. However no employer with any sense, would ever pay heed to anonymous tittle-tattle from people they don't even know, about one of their own trusted employees. It really is as simple as that. If what is being said amounts to outright lies, then if requested the employer can be required to make copies of any such correspondence available for the wronged party to start civil proceedings for libel if they so wish. If the intention is clearly to cost that person their job, then this will hardly go down very well with any jury, I'd imagine. If they persist in this behaviour, but just in the form of non-libellous tittle-tattle then they can possibly be forced to desist on pains of the Police being informed, and their being charged with committing a nuisance. Private emails aren't Usenet and always leave an unambiguous audit trail. Something which people can be inclined to forget. As to trolls posting misleading answers on the group. If sufficient contributors post the correct answer, ideally with some sort of external reference which the OP can confirm for themselves, then the trolls rubbish can be drowned out. Again without any need to actually address the troll. Arguing with trolls about the content of their answers, again only gives them a pretext to start further arguments. It's coming up to Christmas, and so I'd imagine posts from new gardeners requesting information might possibly drop off in any case. Except for frost related and Christmas present related questions at least. michael adams .... -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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