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"Pavel A." <pavel_a@NOwritemeNO.com> wrote in message
news:uLgYO%231zEHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Just in case... have you seen Google Answers?
> It's exactly for one to one help
> http://google.com/answers/
>
> "Carey Holzman" <uce@ftc.gov> wrote in message
> news:e4Hu0ezzEHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Do what you have to do and I'll do what I have to do.
>>
>>
>> "Malke" <malke@nospoonnotreally.com> wrote in message
>> news:OUFWUcxzEHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > Carey Holzman wrote:
>> >
>> > Please see comments inline:
>> >
>> >> I do agree. But if others are going to ignore the rules of Usenet and
>> >> harass me relentlessly for helping others, then they leave me no other
>> >> choice (being shooed away is not a choice).
>> >
>> > I don't see that anyone is harassing you. Being asked to correct and/or
>> > respond to questions about technical answers is not harassment. Peer
>> > review of answers is extremely important - we all make mistakes and the
>> > ultimate goal is, after all, to provide accurate information to
>> > posters' questions.
>> >>
>> >> Once they correct their behavior and obey the Usenet rules, so will I.
>> >> This is simply a REACTION, not a cause.
>> >
>> > I don't see that Usenet rules are being broken by anyone but you.
>> > Again,
>> > taking answers to private email and out of Usenet removes those answers
>> > from all public search databases. If this is continually done - as you
>> > are doing - it will eventually destroy the newsgroup's value.
>> >>
>> >> In the meantime, I have helped at least 40 people in email (everyone
>> >> who has emailed me has had their problem resolved) this week alone and
>> >> it is very fulfilling.
>> >
>> > I'm glad you're feeling fulfilled, but Usenet is not about only
>> > fulfilling one's emotional needs. A technical newsgroup is about
>> > helping other people - both immediately and in the future.
>> >>
>> >> Consider that those harassing me would have you believe my fixes don't
>> >> work, are dangerous or will have side effects in the future, and yet
>> >> after more than 15 years of helping people with computers, my help
>> >> obviously works, no one has re-emailed me with any side effects in all
>> >> those years.
>> >
>> > Again, I don't see that having peer review of technical responses is
>> > harassment. If you choose to support people via email that's great, but
>> > it is not appropriate or desirable to do this from Usenet. Post on
>> > messageboards or offer email support via a personal webpage instead.
>> >>
>> >> It's a shame they discourage me from posting, as I would love to share
>> >> these tips with the world and have them archived by Google to help
>> >> others.
>> >
>> > No one is discouraging you from posting. You are being asked to stop
>> > taking answers to questions posted here to private email for the
>> > reasons detailed above. If you continue to do so, I can only assume
>> > that you are not the helpful altruistic person you present yourself as
>> > but instead actively desire to devalue these newsgroups.
>> >
>> > Malke
>> > --
>> > MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> > Elephant Boy Computers
>> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> > "Don't Panic!"
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