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Pete Biggs wrote: > Tony Raven wrote: > > Well I popped back in to urc after a break and found a raging > > troll-fest with people I thought knew better earnestly wrestling away > > at the trolls ad nauseum in the apparent belief the troll was there > > to be persuaded. The signal to noise ratio is so low that the group > > is not worth bothering with. The troll wrestlers have won it for the > > trolls and so I'm off. Enjoy your new-found sport. > > I would have buggered off, too, if wasn't for the fact that newsgroups are > so quick and easy to pop into. I don't have to read everything posted. The > regular trolls are kill-filed, and I just read some of the most recent > threads at the top of the list. There is still some worthwhile stuff in > u.r.c.

"troll" = "anti-camera poster"