Re: Another Fortran forum (without the spam)?

On Apr 21, 12:29 am, Arjan <arjan.van.d...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I think the most direct (or bluntest) reply to this is: if you cannot
install a newsreader and configure its filtering mechanisms, you are not
ready to write software.

I don't care if CLF-members are qualified to write software,
as long as they can help me out.
Even after having filtered out spam, you will see that the
number of discussions on CLF about Fortran declines severely.
The explosion of spam via Google has decimated the number of
discussions on CLF that I find useful.
This refutes the above proposition.
Spam does be an issue.
Ignoring its impact is ignoring the demise of CLF.
Which is a pity.

A.

Hurrah for logic!
I wish more would understand this point!
Checking the statistics of Google, counts the spam, unfortunately.
You have to keep the fitered postings as I do and COUNT THEM per month
or year.
The spam itself is causing more advertisers to post more spam becaues
of the perceived posting rates!!!
.

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  • Re: Another Fortran forum (without the spam)?
    ... install a newsreader and configure its filtering mechanisms, ... Even after having filtered out spam, ... number of discussions on CLF about Fortran declines severely. ... Ignoring its impact is ignoring the demise of CLF. ...
    (comp.lang.fortran)
  • Re: Is comp.lang.fortran dead?
    ... On 12/5/11 5:06 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: ... though I don't know why CLF would have been a choice for it. ... Last September I picked a couple of common spam phrases from the posts and did a google group search. ...
    (comp.lang.fortran)
  • Re: Google stats on postings
    ... All contributions to a discussion have a top-line, ... why you think it is spam. ... CLF is partly based on me pressing those buttons. ... we ought to impress upon Google the need to ...
    (comp.lang.fortran)
  • Re: Another Fortran forum (without the spam)?
    ... have many times more spam than clf and approach the same signal:noise ratio and clf should see a cessation of spam activity in comparison as its overall traffic really isn't very high. ...
    (comp.lang.fortran)
  • Re: Another Fortran forum (without the spam)?
    ... Checking the statistics of Google, counts the spam, unfortunately. ... You have to keep the fitered postings as I do and COUNT THEM per month ...
    (comp.lang.fortran)