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  #11  
Old November 13th 11, 08:06 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Robert Catt wrote:

For the reasons I've given here in a previous post, and after a brief
interchange with a certain member of this newsgroup, I've decided to
restrict my involvement with r.p.c.a. to its group at Facebook. Other people
have written to me me about this individual, and their comments about him
are part of the reason I will no longer be reading or posting to this
newsgroup. As of today I've removed it from my list.


I think it was pretty childish of people to send private emails about someone
on this group, in response to a public disagreement that stayed entirely
wihin the bounds of civility, if not warm fuzzies. Almost everyone on this
newsgroup gets grumpy from time to time, so why does "this individual" get
singled out for sneaky gossip? I've never seen the aforementioned individual
do anything reprehensible here. He's opinionated, but so are many of us.

On the other hand, if that trivial disagreement is the worst thing Robert
has seen on usenet, maybe he really *doesn't* belong here.

--
Joyce

- Mommy loves you too my sweaty litter baby fire
- Ummm what mom?
- MY SWEET LITTLE BABY GIRL!! sorry honey!
-- damnyouautocorrect.com
  #12  
Old November 13th 11, 08:30 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Adrian" wrote in message
...
"MaryL" wrote:
"Robert Catt" wrote in message ...

For the reasons I've given here in a previous post, and after a brief
interchange with a certain member of this newsgroup, I've decided to
restrict my involvement with r.p.c.a. to its group at Facebook. Other
people
have written to me me about this individual, and their comments about him
are part of the reason I will no longer be reading or posting to this
newsgroup. As of today I've removed it from my list.

- - - - - - - - - -

I have taken the opposite approach (but certainly not because of any of
our posters). I refuse to use Facebook, for this group or any other
group. My objection is to Facebook itself, not to individual posters.

MaryL


I really don't understand peoples hostility to Facebook when they're happy
to use usenet which is accessible by anybody. With Facebook, you can
decide
who can or can't see your posts.
--
Adrian



That's *exactly* the problem I have with Facebook. I don't have to want to
be invited to join. It reminds me a lot of moderated newsgroups and web
forums where people can decide what you can and cannot post. With rpca on
usenet, I can easily killfile someone (and vice versa) if I don't like the
things they're posting.

Jill

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Old November 13th 11, 08:46 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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wrote:

For the reasons I've given here in a previous post, and after a brief
interchange with a certain member of this newsgroup, I've decided to
restrict my involvement with r.p.c.a. to its group at Facebook. Other people
have written to me me about this individual, and their comments about him
are part of the reason I will no longer be reading or posting to this
newsgroup. As of today I've removed it from my list.


I think it was pretty childish of people to send private emails about someone
on this group, in response to a public disagreement that stayed entirely
wihin the bounds of civility, if not warm fuzzies. Almost everyone on this
newsgroup gets grumpy from time to time, so why does "this individual" get
singled out for sneaky gossip? I've never seen the aforementioned individual
do anything reprehensible here. He's opinionated, but so are many of us.

On the other hand, if that trivial disagreement is the worst thing Robert
has seen on usenet, maybe he really *doesn't* belong here.


Maybe you missed it, Joyce, but the way the individual acted certainly
wasn't trivial, it led to several people leaving the group permanently.
--
Adrian
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Old November 13th 11, 09:05 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Adrian wrote:

wrote:


I've never seen the aforementioned individual
do anything reprehensible here. He's opinionated, but so are many of us.


Maybe you missed it, Joyce, but the way the individual acted certainly
wasn't trivial, it led to several people leaving the group permanently.


You mean this little argument about facebook? People left over that??

Feel free to email me privately if that isn't what you're talking about.
No sense dragging everyone through something unpleasant twice. Just
remove the XXX from my username before sending.

--
Joyce

It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same. -- Unknown

(I don't really agree that it's "better to give than to lend", but the
rest of the statement is absolutely true.)

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Old November 13th 11, 09:08 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"jmcquown" wrote in message ...


"Adrian" wrote in message
...
"MaryL" wrote:
"Robert Catt" wrote in message ...

For the reasons I've given here in a previous post, and after a brief
interchange with a certain member of this newsgroup, I've decided to
restrict my involvement with r.p.c.a. to its group at Facebook. Other
people
have written to me me about this individual, and their comments about him
are part of the reason I will no longer be reading or posting to this
newsgroup. As of today I've removed it from my list.

- - - - - - - - - -

I have taken the opposite approach (but certainly not because of any of
our posters). I refuse to use Facebook, for this group or any other
group. My objection is to Facebook itself, not to individual posters.

MaryL


I really don't understand peoples hostility to Facebook when they're happy
to use usenet which is accessible by anybody. With Facebook, you can
decide
who can or can't see your posts.
--
Adrian



That's *exactly* the problem I have with Facebook. I don't have to want to
be invited to join. It reminds me a lot of moderated newsgroups and web
forums where people can decide what you can and cannot post. With rpca on
usenet, I can easily killfile someone (and vice versa) if I don't like the
things they're posting.

Jill

- - - - - - - - -

Agreed. In addition, Facebook is notorious for sharing information. The
r.p.c.a. group seems to be an "invite only" group, but even that would
require members to use personal information to sign up. Facebook has a
history of changing their "rules" in ways that may not be acceptable to
users.

MaryL

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Old November 13th 11, 09:47 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Nov 13, 11:46*am, Adrian wrote:

Maybe you missed it, Joyce, but the way the individual acted certainly
wasn't trivial, it led to several people leaving the group permanently.



It was beyond the pale to put it mildly

Lesley

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  #17  
Old November 13th 11, 10:22 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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news wrote:
On 11/13/2011 6:21 AM, Robert Catt wrote:
For the reasons I've given here in a previous post, and after a brief
interchange with a certain member of this newsgroup, I've decided to
restrict my involvement with r.p.c.a. to its group at Facebook. Other
people have written to me me about this individual, and their comments
about him are part of the reason I will no longer be reading or posting
to this newsgroup. As of today I've removed it from my list.


Umm, who are you?


Right! (I've never heard of him/her/it before.) I seriously doubt
whether I'm the only poster to rpca who resists Facebook, Twitter, et al
because of privacy issues. True, genuine privacy is a thing of the
past - apart from our government spying on our personal lives, a
determined person can find out anything about anyone, nowadays. (But
why make it easy for them?)

  #18  
Old November 13th 11, 10:23 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"MaryL" wrote in
:



"jmcquown" wrote in message ...


"Adrian" wrote in message
news:500696584342895281.001036address_is-

.
..
"MaryL" wrote:
"Robert Catt" wrote in message ...

For the reasons I've given here in a previous post, and after a
brief interchange with a certain member of this newsgroup, I've
decided to restrict my involvement with r.p.c.a. to its group at
Facebook. Other people
have written to me me about this individual, and their comments
about him are part of the reason I will no longer be reading or
posting to this newsgroup. As of today I've removed it from my list.

- - - - - - - - - -

I have taken the opposite approach (but certainly not because of any
of our posters). I refuse to use Facebook, for this group or any
other group. My objection is to Facebook itself, not to individual
posters.

MaryL


I really don't understand peoples hostility to Facebook when they're
happy to use usenet which is accessible by anybody. With Facebook,
you can decide
who can or can't see your posts.
--
Adrian



That's *exactly* the problem I have with Facebook. I don't have to
want to be invited to join. It reminds me a lot of moderated
newsgroups and web forums where people can decide what you can and
cannot post. With rpca on usenet, I can easily killfile someone (and
vice versa) if I don't like the things they're posting.

Jill

- - - - - - - - -

Agreed. In addition, Facebook is notorious for sharing information.
The r.p.c.a. group seems to be an "invite only" group, but even that
would require members to use personal information to sign up.
Facebook has a history of changing their "rules" in ways that may not
be acceptable to users.

MaryL


Mary, you don't have to use real information on Facebook. Not even your
real name, age, date of birth, etc. Write whatever info you want, and
you can even open a yahoo/hotmail/etc. email account just for Facebook
and never use it once it's opened. At least 2 people on FB rpca use made
up names, and we're fine with that.

Boble
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Old November 13th 11, 10:25 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Adrian wrote:
"MaryL" wrote:
"Robert Catt" wrote in message ...

For the reasons I've given here in a previous post, and after a brief
interchange with a certain member of this newsgroup, I've decided to
restrict my involvement with r.p.c.a. to its group at Facebook. Other people
have written to me me about this individual, and their comments about him
are part of the reason I will no longer be reading or posting to this
newsgroup. As of today I've removed it from my list.

- - - - - - - - - -

I have taken the opposite approach (but certainly not because of any of
our posters). I refuse to use Facebook, for this group or any other
group. My objection is to Facebook itself, not to individual posters.

MaryL


I really don't understand peoples hostility to Facebook when they're happy
to use usenet which is accessible by anybody. With Facebook, you can decide
who can or can't see your posts.


Really? I think you are being overly optimistic!
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Old November 13th 11, 10:26 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Adrian wrote:
news wrote:

Umm, who are you?


If you were a regular of the group you'd know.


Not true! (I've been a "regular" for nearly ten years, and I've never
encountered him before.)
 




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