6 Jan
2002
6 Jan
'02
10:37 a.m.
On Jan 6, 15:37, Ben Franchuk wrote:
Pete Turnbull wrote:
> suspect that's because the 'bot is too
good, and it's actually hard to
post
> as a newcomer, so interest has dropped off. The
last few times I tried
to
> post, my posts bounced, and attempts to contact
the human moderators
> failed. Maybe I was just unlucky.
I suspect the bot was there because of all the OT
'PC' posts - buy a
pentium
abc computer.The news group is still active, as there was a posting
yesterday.
achh died because of the huge number of posts from people who had bought a
motherboard, case, and video card and wanted help to make it work. We
referred to them as those who belonged on "alt.fix.my.peecee" or similar.
There were some amazing arguments between newcomers, who thought such
lamers should get a polite answer including a solution, and veterans who
argued that doing so reduced the S/N ratio and encouraged even more OT
crap, and that people should read the guidelines. Doubtless some members
of classiccmp will remember Leon Heller. And, yes, that is exactly why the
'bot was employed (it had been tried on achh, but since that wasn't
moderated, it had to be a retro-active cancelbot, rather than an
approvalbot).
As for active, well, yes, I saw the post. And all the others; there must
have been at least ten posts in the last 6 months. Not a very busy group
these days :-(
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York