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Wally J wrote:
This is my _last_ post to "Dave Royal" as he will be plonked (along with
his other nym of Alan Baker and all the other Alan Baker nyms out there).
Early January like clockwork, the autist formerly known as Arlen will
start claiming that several long-standing regulars in some newsgroup are
all one and the same person. My guess is that Arlen's psychiatrist goes
on vacation and his/her locum tenens changes Arlen's meds.
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.mobile.ipad
Followup-To: comp.mobile.ipad,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Introducing a large cross-post without warning readers in the body is a violation of netiquette and the sign of a troll. Adding a followup-to
without warning readers in the body is a violation of netiquette and the
sign of a troll.
Alan posted the same reply twice:
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Posting the same reply twice, falling for the cross-post, and falling
for the followup-to, are all signs of being the troll's plaything.
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