Hi MRO,

On 2024-05-18 15:14:48, you wrote to me:

And like i said, with synchronet you could use the ARS system to not
allow the posts until x amount of calls.

That's a good option too. Is it turned on by default in new installs?

anyways, i keep asking but nobody really is answering my question. is this going on now and who's doing it?

The last ones I received came in last Wednesday in de ECHO_ADDS and FIDONEWS area. On Tuesday they were posted in FIDONEWS and FNEWS_PUBLISH. Those were the first ones in May. But there were a lot more in March and all through April, but from different systems...

Bye, Wilfred.

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Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted
By: Wilfred van Velzen to MRO on Sat May 18 2024 11:00 pm

Hi MRO,

On 2024-05-18 15:14:48, you wrote to me:

And like i said, with synchronet you could use the ARS system to not allow the posts until x amount of calls.

That's a good option too. Is it turned on by default in new installs?

it's something a sysop can do on their system. synchronet doesnt disable its functions by default. i agree with that.

anyways, i keep asking but nobody really is answering my question. is this going on now and who's doing it?

The last ones I received came in last Wednesday in de ECHO_ADDS and FIDONEWS area. On Tuesday they were posted in FIDONEWS and FNEWS_PUBLISH. Those were the first ones in May. But there were a lot more in March and all through April, but from different systems...

could have gave me a screenshot. i'm not a member of fidonet.
you're not even mentioning the names of the people.

why dont you tell your hubs to filter these posts from fidonet?
it would be more effective.
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Hi MRO,

On 2024-05-18 22:11:58, you wrote to me:

anyways, i keep asking but nobody really is answering my question.

is

this going on now and who's doing it?

The last ones I received came in last Wednesday in de ECHO_ADDS and
FIDONEWS area. On Tuesday they were posted in FIDONEWS and FNEWS_PUBLISH.
Those were the first ones in May. But there were a lot more in March and
all through April, but from different systems...

could have gave me a screenshot. i'm not a member of fidonet.

In my original message to Rob about this, there was a full copy of one such message.

you're not even mentioning the names of the people.

Why is that important? He/She/They changed names a couple of times al ready, so they can do that again.

why dont you tell your hubs to filter these posts from fidonet?
it would be more effective.

It's better to fix it at the source. Besides it's highly frowned upon to filter echomail.


Bye, Wilfred.

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Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted
By: Wilfred van Velzen to MRO on Mon May 20 2024 10:55 am

you're not even mentioning the names of the people.

Why is that important? He/She/They changed names a couple of times al ready, so they can do that again.

Because i needed what to look for because i wasn't seeing it.
furthermore, in some cases you can look up the person's ip address on
various bbses.

It's better to fix it at the source. Besides it's highly frowned upon to filter echomail.

Turn your frown upside down. grow some balls. Asking a specific bbs software to change a feature to prevent users from posting is stupid.

You guys have all the power to block posts not only by name but my text strings or anything you can think of.

We've dealt with someone much worse than this guy using different methods than what you are attempting.
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Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
By: Denn to Ravne on Fri May 24 2024 12:21 pm

That's true, but some of these guy's just get frustrated. But you're
right they should ignore the negative.

comprehension. It's entirely another to have to ignore bigotry. I have no
tolerance for intolerance. It's the year 2024, but we have a certain person
throwing around slur words like it's 1985.

Having no tolerance for intolerance is still intolerance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

Negativity is mostly by a few, there are many people promoting posativity here to, those here that are willing to help the new ones enjoy the hobby. Thats why I say just ignore the negativity.

As a (presumably) straight white man, I think you underestimate the effects bigotry has on minorities.

people to make it feel hostile. The days of you older straight white men
being the majority are ending, we need to appeal to those that are becoming

No one should be in a majority, you want to take one majority and replace it with another, in fact we should all be reaching for middle ground. I like Robs approach, when we ask noob questions he points us to the wiki page to encourage us to look for and find the answers to our problems.

I did a poor job of phrasing my thoughts here. In this point, I'm talking about the world in general, not specifically BBSing. I also misspoke saying that some other demographic would take over as the majority. My meaning is more along the lines of old straight white men becoming less & less dominant of a majority.
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Re: Re: BBS community improvements
By: Ravne to Denn on Fri May 24 2024 12:03 pm

No one should be in a majority, you want to take one majority and replace it with another, in fact we should all be reaching for middle ground. I like Robs approach, when we ask noob questions he points us to the wiki page to encourage us to look for and find the answers to our problems.

I did a poor job of phrasing my thoughts here. In this point, I'm talking about the world in general, not specifically BBSing. I also misspoke saying that some other demographic would take over as the majority. My meaning is more along the lines of old straight white men becoming less & less dominant of a majority.

No problem :)