FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Sheldon or not, here's my question; this is why this NG is turning to shit!

blake murphy

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:56:35 GMT, (Little
Malice) wrote:

>One time on Usenet, Janet Baraclough > said:
>> The message >
>> from "cybercat" > contains these words:
>
>> > Usenet IS a free-for-all. Whether it should be or not, it is, and it has
>> > always been. It has not changed at all, except those who have used
>> > it for years are now more savvy.
>>
>> Obviously you have not used it for years, or you would be aware of
>> how much it has changed for the worse.
>
>I had a similar thought. Usenet has NOT always been a "free-for-all".
>Not until AOL was loosed upon it, anyway. Anyone who was reading
>before then knows how much that changed things...

i'm not so sure about that. a.o.l. may have unleashed many stupid
people, but vicious people have always been around. i know of more
than one usenet group that moved to another venue for just that
reason.

your pal,
blake