JR shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:

Is the the "Be Nice" forum or the "Word" forum ????
John

John,

It's the "Who wants to be added to my *plonk* file today" newsgroup.

PS: I don't "forum", I "newsgroup".
NetNews/UseNet/newsgroup people (the old generation) usually have a
very different attitude compared to web/forum people (the new
generation). When a forum is an interface to a newsgroup, you mix the
two groups together. So what essentially happened here was a generation
conflict.

As always: Your Mileage May Vary(tm).

PPS: When I'm talking about old, new, generations etc you must
interpret them as metaphores. I'm not talking about age, but about
familiarity with technology and its social implications. It's possible
to have a 28 year old person in the old generation (those who live by
RFC1855 et al) and a 50 year old person in the new generation (those
who think RFC means Royal Flying Corps or Rugby Football Club). That's
the fun thing about technology: it redefines social relations as we
know them, making interaction with others more interesting.

Hey, shouldn't some sociology student somewhere out there write his
paper on this subject?

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Amedee Van Gasse