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Re: usenet's usefulness

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On 2026-05-06 19:35, Stan Brown wrote:
> On Tue, 5 May 2026 15:41:56 -0700, David E. Ross wrote:
>> *    Newsgroup messages can be posted anonymously. Participants in a
>> newsgroup do not have to surrender any privacy.
> 
> This is a bug not a feature.
> 
> * Spam has killed one newsgroup after another, and makes the few
> remaining active newsgroups annoying to scroll through.
> 
> * Flamewars were much more common than they would have been if the
> aggressors hadn't been able to hide behind a shield of anonymity.
> Instead, anonymous posters made one once-valuable newsgroup after
> another into a wasteland. The real (and helpful) people abandoned
> them because the groups had become toxic.
> 
> * Trolls (even ones who post non-abusive but stupid and off-topic
> stuff) are unblockable because it is so easy to shift fake names.
> 

Aye.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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  Re: usenet's usefulness "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 23:21 +0800
    Re: usenet's usefulness Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 14:25 -0500
      Re: usenet's usefulness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 16:08 -0700
        Re: usenet's usefulness JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 14:56 +0700
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            Re: usenet's usefulness Nick <nick@koohii.invalid> - 2026-05-07 16:03 +0200
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                Re: usenet's usefulness JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 17:31 +0700
        Re: usenet's usefulness Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2026-05-06 10:24 -0700
          Re: usenet's usefulness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 13:05 -0700
    Re: usenet's usefulness Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 02:52 +0000
      Re: usenet's usefulness "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2026-05-06 06:01 -0700
        Re: usenet's usefulness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 09:08 -0700
          Re: usenet's usefulness R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-05-06 22:10 +0200
          Re: usenet's usefulness "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2026-05-07 05:44 -0700
            Re: usenet's usefulness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 22:38 -0700
  Re: usenet's usefulness "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-05-05 15:41 -0700
    Re: usenet's usefulness JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 14:51 +0700
      Re: usenet's usefulness not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-05-10 09:24 +1000
        Re: usenet's usefulness Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-09 17:49 -0700
    Re: usenet's usefulness "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-06 10:59 +0200
    Re: usenet's usefulness Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2026-05-06 10:35 -0700
      Re: usenet's usefulness sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-05-06 14:35 -0500
        Re: usenet's usefulness Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 21:30 +0000
        Re: usenet's usefulness Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-05-07 21:08 +1000
      Re: usenet's usefulness R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-05-06 22:16 +0200
        Re: usenet's usefulness Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 21:29 +0000
      Re: usenet's usefulness "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-07 13:34 +0200
      Re: usenet's usefulness Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-05-07 12:44 +0100
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