On 23/10/2013 21:58, Ian Sutherland wrote:
Ian Sutherland wrote:

I am a long time lurker in this group and have enjoyed many a
relevant
discussion about our weather ... the reason I joined the group. I am
sick and tired though of back-biting and all the rest. Would some
kind
person like to point me towards (possibly a moderated forum) a
discussion
group/web/whatever reminiscent of this group about 3 years or so ago?

Tired regards,

Ian

I understand and use killfiles but I think this is detrimental to the
group. This group is dying through a lack of the enthusiastic weather
reporting and discussion that I want to engage with. This is presumably
as a result of people leaving because of newsgroup antisocial
behaviour. Ignoring people doesn't diminish their effect on the group
as a whole (because other people are still responding to their posts).


Ignoring troublemakers does enhance your own enjoyment of the newsgroup,
and that is the best you can do. You cannot control other people, thus
you cannot do anything about their effect on the group, the best you can
do is not let them get to you hence the killfile.