Re: top and bottom - again. was (Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: new article - with quote from TDF.......)

> Zoltán Kócsi
> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:44:15 -0700
> > Don't know what "plonking" is but one should not be discouraged to use
>
> It's an old USENET slangword, meaning adding someone to your killfile.
> Most USENET newsreaders had a feature of filtering out posts from
> users who were in blacklist, (a.k.a. killfile), so that noise generated
> by regular trolls could be avoided (you could not ban people from
> USENET and deleting posts was also almost impossible - it was one
> amazingly efficient, reliable and democratic thing). Adding a name to
> the blacklist was 'dropping someone into the killfile' and 'plonk' is
> the sound of dropping something into a (metal) trashcan.

Thanks, learned something new today! :)

So, only time will tell if the participants in this funny topic
actually receive assistance to resolve any questions they have. As a
digest-mode user, this filtering function is not relevant; I just
ignore the rubbish and if necessary delete...

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