>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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