OT Eternal September
"sf" > wrote in message
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> 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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