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[[[Usenet]]; originally and more formally, net.kook] Term used to describe a regular poster who continually posts messages with no apparent grounding in reality. Different from a [[troll]], which implies a sort of sly wink on the part of a poster who knows better, kooks really believe what they write, to the extent that they believe anything. |
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The kook trademark is paranoia and grandiosity. Kooks will often build up elaborate imaginary support structures, [[fake corporations]] and the like, and continue to act as if those things are real even after their falsity has been documented in public. |
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While they may appear harmless, and are usually filtered out by the other regular participants in a newsgroup of mailing list, they can still cause problems because the necessity for these measures is not immediately apparent to newcomers; there are several instances on record, for example, of journalists writing stories with quotes from kooks who caught them unaware. |
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An entertaining web page chronicling the activities of many notable kooks can be found at http://www.crank.net/usenet.html. |
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from the [[Jargon File]] |
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[[Category:Jargon]] |
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[[Category:Computer]] |
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[[Category:Programming]] |
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[[Category:Hacking]] |
Latest revision as of 22:56, 11 November 2007
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