On 21 Jan 2015 15:23:45 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2015-01-21, pltrgyst > wrote:
>
>> Yes, they can, but they seldom do. Just look at the cesspool that is any
>> formerly popular and informative newsgroup, such as, say, ... RFC.
>
>This newsgroup has been a "cesspool", continuously, ever since I found
>it over 10 yrs ago. Whacked out evangelist doctors, ****** Limey
>punks, screw-loose radicals, etc. This latest problem is merely the
>new plague. Lazy assed posters, loveable trolls, and endless socks.
>Nothing new.
>
>nb

And no different from any other open forum online.