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From: Nick Naym on 28 Nov 2009 14:46
In article jollyroger-3E9DB7.10451228112009(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger
at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 11/28/09 11:45 AM:

> In article <C735FE07.4C73A%nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com>,
> Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In article jollyroger-C9FD46.14104627112009(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger
>> at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 11/27/09 3:10 PM:
>>
>>> In article <C7359746.4C5EA%nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com>,
>>> Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why bother? It takes absolutely no effort to simply ignore him when and if
>>>> you see his posts...unless, of course, you're so easily tempted to respond
>>>> to his comments.
>>>
>>> Why bother filtering his posts? Well, for one, even if he changes nyms,
>>> you know it's him at a glance. So you don't have to actually read his
>>> posts to figure out it's him.
>>
>> Read his posts? It takes a nanosecond to figure out it's him.
>
> I'd rather not see them at all. My way is faster with less headache.
>
>>> I would say why *not* filter him out?
>>
>> How often do you need to update your filter(s)?
>>
>> (Hmmm....we've had this chat before. Never mind. ;P )
>
> You seem to think I am constantly updating them or something. That's not
> the case. If you filter on the right information, no matter how often he
> changes his nym, he still get flagged. In fact I can't remember how long
> ago it was since I updated them for doofus.


Well, perhaps I'll give them a try...when I _finally_ get around to using
MacSOUP (which I still can't quite figure out) or some other "proper"
offline Newsreader (I'm still using Entourage :( ).

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