Thaughts from an (almost) Lurker.

P

Paddy

Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have
been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That
someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious
flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics
af the replies. Rather like dropping a stone in the river and watching
pythonistas return c.l.p. to its normal, helpful, and polite norm.
Fascinating.
I only hope that if thats the case, then they should post their
findings here.

- Paddy.
 
R

Robert Kern

Paddy said:
Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have
been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That
someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious
flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics
af the replies. Rather like dropping a stone in the river and watching
pythonistas return c.l.p. to its normal, helpful, and polite norm.
Fascinating.
I only hope that if thats the case, then they should post their
findings here.

My experience with USENET suggests that there is always a steady stream
of newbies, trolls, and otherwise clueless people. In the absence of
real evidence (like traceable headers), I don't think there's a reason
to suspect that there's someone performing psychological experiments on
the denizens of c.l.py.

--
Robert Kern
(e-mail address removed)

"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter
 
C

Christopher Subich

Robert said:
My experience with USENET suggests that there is always a steady stream
of newbies, trolls, and otherwise clueless people. In the absence of
real evidence (like traceable headers), I don't think there's a reason
to suspect that there's someone performing psychological experiments on
the denizens of c.l.py.

Er... yes! Exactly!

These are not the trolls you're looking for, move along. :)
 
P

Peter Hansen

Paddy said:
Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have
been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That
someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious
flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics
af the replies. Rather like dropping a stone in the river and watching
pythonistas return c.l.p. to its normal, helpful, and polite norm.
Fascinating.
I only hope that if thats the case, then they should post their
findings here.

Hmm... was that a test, too? ;-)
 
B

Benji York

Paddy said:
Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have
been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That
someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious
flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics
af the replies.

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
stupidity."
 
N

Nigel Rowe

Benji said:
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
stupidity."

And its corollary, "sufficiently advanced cluelessness
is indistinguishable from malice."
 

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