people who are always posting even though everything they say is stupid, irrelevant, and in most cases, just them being a dick
people who use multiple nicknames etc to avoid killfiles
people who post flat-earth theories, racist bullshit and other such irrelevant ramblings to tons of newsgroups
people who reply to the troll posts, and don't delete the original message so the group gets spammed repeatedly
people who put their email, or another persons email in the message
people who like to argue online about nothing and then start calling each other names
people who post spam, making it look like they are asking to post spam
people who post spam, get reported for abuse, and then are all upset that they were reported and send another nasty message to the group
people who post in HTML
people who post binary files in non-binary groups
people who post religious/horoscope crap in science/astronomy newsgroups
people who go into band/sports/etc newsgroups just to say that it sucks and the people that reply to them saying 'you suck'
people who try to post some sob story to get money... stop wasting time posting and go EARN your money like the rest of us
people who go onto band newsgroups to try to tell you what bands you SHOULD listen to because the ones you like suck...
people who don't read FAQs or previous posts before posting something dumb
people who post the same thing 10 times
people who post the same thing 10 times under 10 different names as if no one will know
people who post something, then reply to themselves with a different name
people who include the whole previous post when all they are adding to it is 'lol' or some other one-word comment
people who pretend they are professionals or experts on a subject when in fact they aren't and refuse to admit they are wrong about ANYTHING
people who try to convince others to change their beliefs by arguing or calling them names online... come on people... get LIVES
people who take emails from posts online and spam them
people who think they are the king/queen of the internet and that what they say is law
people who post up 'sexy' pictures of themselves but screw up and post them to kids groups or some other inappropriate group
people who post 'test' posts over and over and over and over and over and...
people who moderate newsgroups and decide they don't care anymore and leave
people who complain about newsgroup threads that just won't die... yet they keep replying to it
people who ask a question and then get upset with the answer so they post a hate-mail about how the group and everyone in it sucks
people who have really long sig files with stupid quotes, bad website links and other nonsense
people who do nothing but point out and make fun of other people's spelling mistakes, yet never have anything to actually contribute to the group
people who can't agree to disagree
people who don't read all the way through a message and reply with a nasty post that is completely missing the point
people who steal content from newsgroups and claim it is their own, especially if they collect porn images and then sell them to others on a website
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