"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Oh yes! It is easy to ignore or killfile. I don't need to have someone
else restrict what I may see.

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