On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 11:47:34 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
>
>
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> b.com...
> > 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.

That's why you're here and not elsewhere. Most people don't want to
put up with that kind of stuff and won't - so they are not here.

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