Re: Re: Netiquette sillies

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

it's that mystery meat made outof chopped up pig intestines and various road
kill---formed into little bricks and packaged in cute little cans that you
need a key to open...people thentake a paper thin slice of the stuff, put it
through their scanner and e-mail the result...ergo..SPAM.....
In other words...I don't know what it is either and have been too
embarrassed to ask!

----- Original Message -----
From: Tracey <tracey@tbt.co.za>
To: Sarah Ralston <ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 1:19 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Netiquette sillies


> Okay, I have asked this on a number of sites, and had zero response.   And
> it's killing me.  WHAT IS SPAM!!!????????!!!!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Ralston <ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 6:41 PM
> Subject: RC: Netiquette sillies
>
>
> >Though everyone has been on good behavior lately, I could resist this,
sent
> >to me by a non horsey friend. How many times have we all been "Silly" ;-)
> > Stolen from another group.
> >
> >==========================================
> >How to make yourself look silly on the net
> >
> >1. Reply to spam with something cute
> >
> >2. Get involved in a flame war
> >
> >3. Announce that you are leaving a group because you have been treated
> >   badly, then get into a posting fight with those who reply.
> >
> >4. Assume that the posters in a group are paid employees of some
> >   entity that exists for your convenience, so that if the replies
> >   are not exactly what you wanted, you can complain and everyone
> >   will quickly rush to give you the service you really wanted.
> >
> >5. Jump into a group and make the statement "I thought this group
> >   was about buying widgets," when you encounter an off topic thread.
> >
> >6. Not having read the group charter, assume that you can tell the
> >   regular posters what the rules are.
> >
> >7. Reply to a troll.
> >
> >8. Ask a question that is the specialty of the group and ask for
> >   email responses because you do not check the newsgroups very
> >   often.
> >
> >9. Post a message that consists of the word "test".  There is a
> >   newsgroup, alt.test, that is devoted to test messages.  In any
> >   other newsgroup, messages that say "test" are a magnet for
> >   silly responses.
> >
> >
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