Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have
been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That
someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious
flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics
af the replies. Rather like dropping a stone in the river and watching
pythonistas return c.l.p. to its normal, helpful, and polite norm.
Fascinating.
I only hope that if thats the case, then they should post their
findings here.
- Paddy. 6 924
Paddy wrote: Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics af the replies. Rather like dropping a stone in the river and watching pythonistas return c.l.p. to its normal, helpful, and polite norm. Fascinating. I only hope that if thats the case, then they should post their findings here.
My experience with USENET suggests that there is always a steady stream
of newbies, trolls, and otherwise clueless people. In the absence of
real evidence (like traceable headers), I don't think there's a reason
to suspect that there's someone performing psychological experiments on
the denizens of c.l.py.
--
Robert Kern rk***@ucsd.edu
"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter
Robert Kern wrote: My experience with USENET suggests that there is always a steady stream of newbies, trolls, and otherwise clueless people. In the absence of real evidence (like traceable headers), I don't think there's a reason to suspect that there's someone performing psychological experiments on the denizens of c.l.py.
Er... yes! Exactly!
These are not the trolls you're looking for, move along. :)
Paddy wrote: Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics af the replies. Rather like dropping a stone in the river and watching pythonistas return c.l.p. to its normal, helpful, and polite norm. Fascinating. I only hope that if thats the case, then they should post their findings here.
Hmm... was that a test, too? ;-)
Paddy wrote: Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics af the replies.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
stupidity."
--
Benji York
Benji York wrote: Paddy wrote: Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics af the replies.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." -- Benji York
And its corollary, "sufficiently advanced cluelessness
is indistinguishable from malice."
--
Nigel Rowe
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