Re: [lojban] On a number of parts of threads and single threads disguised as several

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:37:29PM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> This issue comes up every 18 months or so.
> 
> Robin:
> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 09:17:31PM -0400, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote:
> > > b) turning off new people who don't generally understand the esoteric 
> > > nature of the discussion (and sometimes convincing them that the language 
> > > isn't really "done" and hence ready for someone to learn).
> > 
> > <AOL> I agree. </AOL>
> 
> (AOL?)

Back in the day, before Eternal September (and even after to some
extent), AOLers were known to respond to 100+ line posts and include the
whole thing, only to append 'I agree.'.

-Robin

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