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Is there a way you can describe your view of this group - what threads you see? Since I'm too cheap to acquire a Usenet emulator and don't want newsgroups downloaded to my harddrive.
I'll tell you what i see via Google - LOTS of politics, smut, stuff for sale, and occasional threads regarding road etiquette, laws related to driving, etc. -ChrisCoaster |
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On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:05:53 PM UTC-4, Arif Khokar wrote:
> On 6/19/2012 7:31 AM, .net wrote: > > > Is there a way you can describe your view of this group - what > > threads you see? Since I'm too cheap to acquire a Usenet emulator and > > don't want newsgroups downloaded to my harddrive. > > I don't see many threads (as you described) posted because my > newsreader's kill filter is fairly effective. If you don't want to use > a newsreader, then maybe there's a browser plugin or greasemonkey script > that allows you to use Google groups the same way. ___________________ Well, I did mention that I replied to my own thread, above, through "Agent". It does have filters but I wouldn't begin to know how to filter out a dozen 4140 Solutions Manuals posts(!), racist prattle, and religous ramblings. -CC |
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On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:56:18 PM UTC-4, Arif Khokar wrote:
> On 6/19/2012 9:38 PM, .com wrote: > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:05:53 PM UTC-4, Arif Khokar wrote: > >> On 6/19/2012 7:31 AM, .net wrote: > >> > >>> Is there a way you can describe your view of this group - what > >>> threads you see? Since I'm too cheap to acquire a Usenet emulator > >>> and don't want newsgroups downloaded to my harddrive. > >> > >> I don't see many threads (as you described) posted because my > >> newsreader's kill filter is fairly effective. If you don't want to > >> use a newsreader, then maybe there's a browser plugin or > >> greasemonkey script that allows you to use Google groups the same > >> way. > > ___________________ Well, I did mention that I replied to my own > > thread, above, through "Agent". It does have filters but I wouldn't > > begin to know how to filter out a dozen 4140 Solutions Manuals > > posts(!), racist prattle, and religous ramblings. > > First off, set your word wrap to 72 characters. Second, your best > chance of filtering a lot of the crap that ends up in this newsgroup is > to filter out posts to multiple newsgroups. The trolls and spammers > tend to post the same or similar sets of newsgroups. So pick one or > more newsgroups that you don't subscribe to and filter out posts that > are cross-posted to them. ______________________________ I am typing this from my PC. The word wrap issue occurs when I send from my mobile device. I just need some help learning how to use the filters avail on a newsreader. GoogleGroups has no filters, so no sense in asking about it. This Agent thing is another story - lots of filter options, just don't know what they mean. -CC |
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