On 8/7/2014 1:07 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 10:07:38 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
> wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 5:01:55 AM UTC-10, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
>>> On 7/30/2014 11:46 AM, sf wrote:
>>>
>>> With no responsible party, there's no interest in
>>>
>>> doing anything to change the Usenet experience. And *that*, boys and
>>>
>>> girls, is the real reason most ISPs dumped Usenet support. Unlike the
>>>
>>> WWW, Usenet makes no money for anyone. Better to push people onto the
>>>
>>> Web, where they can pay for their experiences via advertising and data
>>>
>>> scraping.
>>
>> This certainly sounds reasonable and true. Hopefully, the boys and girls can live with that reality.
>
> People are going to web forums because they are moderated and the crap
> that goes on here is deleted there.
>

I would miss "the crap". The arguments people have on Usenet are a
reflection of the differing opinions in our society. Sometimes a good
Usenet argument is stimulating and fun, especially with a "worthy foe"

I belong to quite a few forums that are moderated and have even served
my term as moderator on several. Moderation does keep the fighting
down, but it is censorship, and, given the choice, Id rather fight than
be censored.

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