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Sparky
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      01-03-2008
I thought this was a rec.photo.digital group?
why is anytime i come i see dating services, make free money, get a
free plasma tv when you pay 1000 dollars?
this is turning into rec.ads.spam or something

who is owner and why dont they clean this place up
 
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Jürgen Exner
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      01-03-2008
Sparky <> wrote:
>I thought this was a rec.photo.digital group?
>why is anytime i come i see dating services, make free money, get a
>free plasma tv when you pay 1000 dollars?
>this is turning into rec.ads.spam or something


While I agree with this part

>who is owner and why dont they clean this place up


this part shows that you don't know much about Usenet, do you?

jue
 
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Bert Hyman
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      01-04-2008
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Sparky <> wrote:

> who is owner and why dont they clean this place up


Most of the crap comes from googlegroupers.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN
 
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Blinky the Shark
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      01-04-2008
Bert Hyman wrote:

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> news:871434d7-ead6-448d-94d2-
> Sparky <> wrote:
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>> who is owner and why dont they clean this place up

>
> Most of the crap comes from googlegroupers.


Hey, hi Bert.

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The Usenet Improvement Project - http://improve-usenet.org

 
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Annika1980
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      01-04-2008
On Jan 3, 6:11*pm, Sparky <fixxie.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> who is owner and why dont they clean this place up


I own the place and you forgot to pay me your 20 bucks to post here.
BTW, I accept PayPal.

 
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Roy G
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      01-04-2008

"Jürgen Exner" <> wrote in message
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> Sparky <> wrote:
>>I thought this was a rec.photo.digital group?
>>why is anytime i come i see dating services, make free money, get a
>>free plasma tv when you pay 1000 dollars?
>>this is turning into rec.ads.spam or something

>
> While I agree with this part
>
>>who is owner and why dont they clean this place up

>
> this part shows that you don't know much about Usenet, do you?
>
> jue


Why are MI5 wasting my Tax money, they should get their finger out and push
that B****** under a Bus, instead of just talking about doing it.

Roy G


 
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Randy Berbaum
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      01-04-2008

"Sparky" <> wrote in message
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>I thought this was a rec.photo.digital group?
> why is anytime i come i see dating services, make free money, get a
> free plasma tv when you pay 1000 dollars?
> this is turning into rec.ads.spam or something
>
> who is owner and why dont they clean this place up


Now that you have had all the snappy comeback answers, I'll try to help you.

Usenet is an unmoderated series of forums with no "owner" or "moderator". So
there is nobody to enforce the rules. The spam is coming from idiots who
either enjoy trying to ruin any conversations around them or don't care that
they are completely off topic for that forum. Many of the more active
spammers cross post to many unrelated forums so that when someone on any of
the forums reply (telling them to go away) it gets posted to all the forums.
Causing even more spam.

The best response to these spammers is to ignore them and hope they get
bored and go somewhere else. And I make it a point to NEVER do any business
with any company or individual that sends unsolicited and off topic ads.
Maybe if more of us did this the companies would learn that such spam will
actually hurt their business. JMHO

Randy B.


 
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Beladi Nasrallah
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      01-04-2008
On Jan 4, 10:45*am, Annika1980 <annika1...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 6:11*pm, Sparky <fixxie.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > who is owner and why dont they clean this place up

>
> I own the place and you forgot to pay me your 20 bucks to post here.
> BTW, I accept PayPal.


Hey Annika, what a crock of ****. Did you forget that you were not re-
elected at the last election, and _I_ was elected ???!

Sparky, send $20 to _me_.

 
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Don Stauffer in Minnesota
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      01-04-2008
On Jan 3, 5:11 pm, Sparky <fixxie.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought this was a rec.photo.digital group?
> why is anytime i come i see dating services, make free money, get a
> free plasma tv when you pay 1000 dollars?
> this is turning into rec.ads.spam or something
>
> who is owner and why dont they clean this place up


rpd is an unmoderated group. I have subscribed to a couple of
moderated groups and that can also be a problem. If moderator gets
sick or disabled the list stops till he recovers or appoints a
replacment.

To me this is the downside of the anonymity so many people want
online. So many folks are worried about the government spying on
their online traffic that we have sites dedicated to allowing posters
to be completely anonymous. So we are reaping the grain we sow with
those fears. One cannot clean up such folks 'cause no one knows who
they are.

 
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Deep Reset
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      01-04-2008

"Don Stauffer in Minnesota" <> wrote in message
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> On Jan 3, 5:11 pm, Sparky <fixxie.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I thought this was a rec.photo.digital group?
>> why is anytime i come i see dating services, make free money, get a


<snip>

>One cannot clean up such folks 'cause no one knows who
> they are.


Apart from Mike Corley.
MI5 knows who he is.


 
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