comp.lang.php.rant

Please note, this is a general recommendation, not directed at anyone
in particular.

I propose we branch this "newsgroup". Perhaps comp.lang.php.rant, so
the items not directly related to php could be taken off to a
separate location. All I see in many of these discussions these days
is a simple question followed by pages and pages of arguing about
things entirely unrelated to php, and most importantly entirely
unrelated to the original question in the thread.

Maybe it should be:
comp.lang.php.im.going.to.tell.everyone.how.stupid.you.are

Believe it or not, most of us aren't really interested in anything but
reading about php problems people are encountering, and reading the
proposed solutions. And every once in a while try to help them out.
Not a bad concept I think.

Thoughts?

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cameron7 wrote:
> Please note, this is a general recommendation, not directed at anyone
> in particular.
>
> I propose we branch this "newsgroup". Perhaps comp.lang.php.rant, so
> the items not directly related to php could be taken off to a
> separate location. All I see in many of these discussions these days
> is a simple question followed by pages and pages of arguing about
> things entirely unrelated to php, and most importantly entirely
> unrelated to the original question in the thread.
>
> Maybe it should be:
> comp.lang.php.im.going.to.tell.everyone.how.stupid.you.are
>
> Believe it or not, most of us aren't really interested in anything but
> reading about php problems people are encountering, and reading the
> proposed solutions. And every once in a while try to help them out.
> Not a bad concept I think.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>

This is usenet. It happens.

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Re: comp.lang.php.rant

"cameron7" wrote in message
news:1194657484.195848.56240@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> Please note, this is a general recommendation, not directed at anyone
> in particular.
>
> I propose we branch this "newsgroup". Perhaps comp.lang.php.rant, so
> the items not directly related to php could be taken off to a
> separate location. All I see in many of these discussions these days
> is a simple question followed by pages and pages of arguing about
> things entirely unrelated to php, and most importantly entirely
> unrelated to the original question in the thread.
>
> Maybe it should be:
> comp.lang.php.im.going.to.tell.everyone.how.stupid.you.are
>
> Believe it or not, most of us aren't really interested in anything but
> reading about php problems people are encountering, and reading the
> proposed solutions. And every once in a while try to help them out.
> Not a bad concept I think.
>
> Thoughts?

That only works if the abusive poster is willing to play by the rules.
A best practice is to troll the message out - although I avoid that one.
What you do is reply to the troll, but put something like "alt.spam.me" in
the reply-to or follow-up-to (i forget which).
Then, when they reply - it's a double whammy.
1. The thread trails off into lala land.
2. The spam-cops can collect the header data and identify sources of abuse.

But your best, best practice would be the one we use with our TV's.
If you don't like what you see - stop looking at it.

Re: comp.lang.php.rant

On Nov 10, 1:18 am, cameron7 wrote:
> Please note, this is a general recommendation, not directed at anyone
> in particular.
>
> I propose we branch this "newsgroup". Perhaps comp.lang.php.rant, so
> the items not directly related to php could be taken off to a
> separate location. All I see in many of these discussions these days
> is a simple question followed by pages and pages of arguing about
> things entirely unrelated to php, and most importantly entirely
> unrelated to the original question in the thread.
>
> Maybe it should be:
> comp.lang.php.im.going.to.tell.everyone.how.stupid.you.are
>
> Believe it or not, most of us aren't really interested in anything but
> reading about php problems people are encountering, and reading the
> proposed solutions. And every once in a while try to help them out.
> Not a bad concept I think.
>
> Thoughts?

Hi Cameron,

I believe we should branch this group into several others - maybe one
for help, one for discussing PHP projects (such as phpBB), and one for
discussing the interpreter and its configuration files.

Re: comp.lang.php.rant

jamesgoode wrote:
> On Nov 10, 1:18 am, cameron7 wrote:
>> Please note, this is a general recommendation, not directed at anyone
>> in particular.
>>
>> I propose we branch this "newsgroup". Perhaps comp.lang.php.rant, so
>> the items not directly related to php could be taken off to a
>> separate location. All I see in many of these discussions these days
>> is a simple question followed by pages and pages of arguing about
>> things entirely unrelated to php, and most importantly entirely
>> unrelated to the original question in the thread.
>>
>> Maybe it should be:
>> comp.lang.php.im.going.to.tell.everyone.how.stupid.you.are
>>
>> Believe it or not, most of us aren't really interested in anything but
>> reading about php problems people are encountering, and reading the
>> proposed solutions. And every once in a while try to help them out.
>> Not a bad concept I think.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> Hi Cameron,
>
> I believe we should branch this group into several others - maybe one
> for help, one for discussing PHP projects (such as phpBB), and one for
> discussing the interpreter and its configuration files.
>
>

Projects such as phpBB have their own support. If they wanted a
newsgroup, they would have created one.


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"Jerry Stuckle" wrote in message
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> jamesgoode wrote:

>> I believe we should branch this group into several others - maybe one
>> for help, one for discussing PHP projects (such as phpBB), and one for
>> discussing the interpreter and its configuration files.
>
> Projects such as phpBB have their own support. If they wanted a
> newsgroup, they would have created one.

I agree.
Besides - traffic on this ng isn't very high, so it's not at all hard to
filter out the bs.

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cameron7 wrote:

> I propose we branch this "newsgroup".
[...]
> comp.lang.php.im.going.to.tell.everyone.how.stupid.you.are
>
> Believe it or not, most of us aren't really interested in anything but
> reading about php problems people are encountering, and reading the
> proposed solutions. And every once in a while try to help them out.

A great idea!

It would also help people like me who just want to read the rants without
all this boring PHP stuff getting in the way.

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Toby A Inkster wrote:
> cameron7 wrote:
>
>> I propose we branch this "newsgroup".
> [...]
>> comp.lang.php.im.going.to.tell.everyone.how.stupid.you.are
>>
>> Believe it or not, most of us aren't really interested in anything
>> but reading about php problems people are encountering, and reading
>> the proposed solutions. And every once in a while try to help them
>> out.
>
> A great idea!
>
> It would also help people like me who just want to read the rants
> without all this boring PHP stuff getting in the way.

ROTFLMAO!

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