 | | REGARDING A MESSAGE A FEW DAYS AGO. —John Newton
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| | | THIS IS REGARDING A MESSAGE I POSTED 2 OR 3 DAYS AGO. I POSTED A MESSAGE IN CAPS LIKE THIS ONE. ALSO INSTEAD OF SAING THEYEAR 2000 LIKE THAT I ACCIDENTALLY TYPED 200. LATER IN THE POST I HAD IT TYPED CORRECTLY. I READ ABOUT 7 OR 8 REPLYS ANGRY AT (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: REGARDING A MESSAGE A FEW DAYS AGO. —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) Actually, that's not the way things work around here. (LUGNET, Usenet, and the Internet in general.) People weren't telling you things to put you down or anything -- they were just trying to help. This is a community, and although there are no (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: REGARDING A MESSAGE A FEW DAYS AGO. —Mike Stanley
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| | | | (...) I guess you need to examine your motives behind posting and whether or not you want anyone to read your posts and interact with you. I'll be perfectly blunt - I won't read consistent posts in all caps. Period. If I need to I'll just killfile (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Shouting in Caps (was: Re: REGARDING A MESSAGE A FEW DAYS AGO.) —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) John, (if you're listening), Although there are (currently) no rules here about shouting in all-caps, if you do disturb the peace often enough (i.e., starting flamewars or generating visible complaints by your repeatedly posting in all-caps), (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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