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From: "Mike Wahler" <mkwahler@mkwahler.net>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Troll Alert: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem
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E. Robert Tisdale <E.Robert.Tisdale@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote in message
news:3F3916F7.2000803@jpl.nasa.gov...[color=blue]
> Something that calls itself perseus wrote:
>[color=green]
> > David White wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>So, what is your C++ question?[/color]
> >
> > So why do you feel compelled to interfere and be rude?[/color]
>
> I agree with perseus.
> David White apparently had nothing to contribute to the thread
> and should have remained silent.[/color]

Notification that particular material is off-topic is indeed
a valid contribution here, or in any topical group.
[color=blue]
> David,
>
> Please don't respond to off-topic questions. Just ignore them.[/color]

If we don't, then many uninformed people will remain that
way, increasing the odds that someone else posts off-topic.
[color=blue]
> If you can't ignore them, place the thread in your killfile.[/color]

When they become abusive in the face of facts, yes most of
the time I do that (the individual, not the thread).
[color=blue]
> If you don't know how to do this, please tell us which newsreader
> you are using and someone should be able to help you do this.[/color]

Ah, but news client configuration is not topical here. :-)
[color=blue]
> If you feel that you *must* reply to off-topic questions,
> please try to be polite and helpful.[/color]

In what way was David's post 'impolite'? Yes, it was
terse, but imo 'manners neutral'.
[color=blue]
> Redirect the question to a more appropriate forum[/color]

Perhaps he didn't know which one. He does know that
the query was OT, so he responded accordingly.
[color=blue]
> where the original poster is more likely to get reliable answers.[/color]

Right. He could have found much info quickly e.g. with google,
but chose instead to disrupt the group.
[color=blue]
>
> Don't scold or admonish the original poster.[/color]

I saw no scolding or admonishment, only an indication
of nontopicality.

[color=blue]
> It doesn't do any good and can only be interpreted
> as an attempt on your part to vent personal frustration and anger.[/color]

Oh, please. I saw no indications of anger in David's post.
Just an appropriate question.
[color=blue]
> Such behavior will *not* make you more popular among subscribers
> to the comp.lang.c++ newsgroup.[/color]

I doubt very much that 'popularity' is David's (or most anyone's
here) motivation for participating here.

-Mike