Why?

I am sure I will not get a sensible answer but thought I would still ask. Why have you picked alt.autos.mini to destroy it? It was a good flourishing newsgroup which helped many people, you have by your incessant rambling & abusive posts just about made it worthless. Was that your aim, how do you benefit by it? I am just curious as to what pleasure you get from it.

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Phaeton
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Agreed.

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Daze

I've not used this group much, though I'm active on a couple of Mini forums. It was quite noticeable when I subscribed and read back, that this used to be a good group, but about six months ago these idiots came along.

I'm afraid it appears to be the way of usenet these days. Lots of groups are dying because people have gone to forums or the groups have been destroyed by mindless behaviour. Today I even discovered that a forum for a different car that I've not visited for a couple of months has gone the same way, and the club admins have had to take drastic steps to try and patch it up.

The groups that are thriving seem to be those where the regulars club together to drive out the idiots, the groups that have a real sense of community.

I suspect this group has suffered through the demise of the classic Mini, but it's not alone. Sadly it's all the way of the society we live in - me me me, aggressive and abusive. I hear the way teenagers talk to each other every day, then they think it's OK to say the same things by email, not realising that they've crossed the line between hard-to-prove slander and evidence-backed libel!

I don't know if we'll ever get back to being a civilised country. I don't think we're very civilised now.

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Chris Bolus

What? A fellow dexterphobe, eh? It is sad that this group as very quiet when you block the offensive posters. BTW, I'm left handed.

GrahamL

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GrahamL

Chris,, more like 18 months to 2 years these people have been verbally abusing the visitors and residents in this NG, but it hasn't deterred most regulars, I for one,, still check in every day just to see what's happening and to "zap the crap" A few other regulars do the same, we just don't acknowledge anything that even resembles a Troll, Like you said, most people have switched over to moderated forums where the mini chat is thriving,

no doubt this will attract a load of verbal, but I wont see it, Thank you outlook express for the block sender function,, its brilliant,

Fitzy

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Fitzy

good points Chris, but I'd just like to point out that the real Mini has not 'demised" , it still here and will be for many may years to come.... many of the regs on this NG tried the ganging up as you mentioned, but it only made it much worse, to have it reached the point it is today, so now we just ignore the toerags and just chat amongst ourselves.

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Tim

Oh, yes, I know it's still here, I have three! But there are less and less of them around. I know for example that the autograss clubs are trying to find a different car that can race in class 1 because they can't get hold of decent Minis any more (the people that own them now tend not to let them go for a pittance!). Still, at least now, when you see a Mini you know the driver drives it by choice, not because it's a cheap small car.

Shame it has to be that way though.

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Chris Bolus

must say Im pleased to hear that folk arn't out auto-crossing their cars, its a sure way to stuff them. I use old Morris 1100's for autocrossing, I've written of 3 now !

And yes its a shame, but hey its no different to ignoring a dumb arse at a party or down the pub.

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Tim

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