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Stephen K. Gielda peeled some carrots in
news:MPG.16b7c433839a92e6989689@127.0.0.1: 

> In article <n5qr4ugct1dcg42399utikrbev2j0ltor9@4ax.com>, 
> anonyme@meow.org says...
>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 14:38:55 -0500 Stephen K. Gielda
>> <steve@no-spam-packetderm.com> from altnet.general wrote:
>> 
>> >> I sent three complaints to DataBasix admin and they sent me an
>> >> e-mail telling me that if I complained one more time they would
>> >> publicly post my complaint in the newsgroup from whence my
>> >> complaints stemmed from. That indicates an "anything goes" and "we
>> >> don't give a fuck what people do" service. 
>> >
>> >Users like you are very prevalent on the net.  We get them too.  They
>> >complain about something non-abusive, like the fact they got called a
>> >name in a flame war or someone is, god forbid, posting off topic in
>> >an open unmoderated forum.  When we don't react and instantly
>> >terminate the person that annoyed them, they step up the complaints
>> >with threats.  By this time we'll publish the complaints too.  Then,
>> >just like you are doing, that user will then go off on a rampage
>> >about how our service is anything goes and abusive and doesn't
>> >respond to complaints, etc. 
>> >
>> >And for that user, it's true, we don't respond to fraudulent
>> >complaints or complaints about something that does not violate our
>> >ToS...no matter how many times you whine/complain.  Complaining about
>> >non-abuse till you are blue in the face will get you two things,
>> >blocked, and complaints published.  Grow up and use a kill file.
>> >
>> >People like you are a scourge on usenet and don't have the spine to
>> >be here, you should stick to AOL and private forums.  They are a
>> >better fit to your world.  Anyway, if it was real abuse, databasix
>> >would react.  The fact that they didn't, means you are complaining
>> >about someone saying something you didn't want to read...the solution
>> >is easy...don't  read it and stop whining! 
>> 
>> How do you feel about cascades? Word game cascades. I'm not discussing
>> Snuh.
> 
> Not quite sure, the general consensus is if it becomes a flood it leans
> towards abuse.  But at the same time I feel that it is pretty damn easy
> to killfile a thread.
> 
>> 
>> And may I have an account with you, please? =)
>> 
>> 
> 
> http://www.cotse.com.  $5.95 a mo, lots of features, usenet is actually
> a minor feature compared to everything else.
> 
> /steve

i have accounts with altopia and databasix (among others), and i'm *very* 
pleased with my cotse account.  *very* pleased indeed. 

thanks for doing a great job and for being a stand-up guy, steve.

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little toad