Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Emigration from Usenet [was: Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ...] Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 17:38:02 +0200 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <20240724115828.5d9d85d9305fe8300a91db5d@g{oogle}mail.com> <8d1b685c-e9df-a91b-61a2-137d60a2497e@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="325055"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:25292 On Thu, 25 Jul 2024, Rich wrote: > D wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024, The Real Bev wrote: >> >>> On 7/24/24 2:08 AM, D wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024, Anton Shepelev wrote: >>>> >>>>> [Followup-To: comp.misc] >>>>> >>>>> Athel Cornish-Bowden to Steve Hayes: >>>>> >>>>>>> Katy Jennison is another RR who doesn't seem to be here >>>>>>> any more. I still see her sometimes on Facebook. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, but she specifically announced that she was leaving. >>>>> >>>>> There is an epidemic abroad of people leaving clean, stable, >>>>> accessible, and independent venues such as Usenet, Fidonet, >>>>> Mailing lists, and IRC, for centralised capitalist >>>>> corporate-owned cenusured commercial "products" that are >>>>> huge, bloated, tasteless, and require up-to-date hardware, >>>>> OS, and software. To me, this is a reiteration of the story >>>>> of the red pottage[1]: selling one's freedom and cleanliness >>>>> for immediate comfort. >>>> >>>> It is a shame, but when I walk the city streets and see the young with >>>> their faces in their smart phones, I am not surprised. You get all the >>>> evils as preinstalled little icons, and the good stuff requires a few >>>> hoops to jump through. >>>> >>>> But I do wonder if there will be a movement away from the corporate >>>> islands eventually? >>> >>> How would that work? The aforementioned young are too stupid to realize how >>> trapped they are and/or too ignorant to do anything about it if they DO >>> figure it out. The rest of us are just too damn tired :-( >>> >> >> A slow building up over time? Even if the majority is too stupid, perhaps >> there are a few who do see the light? > > This is how it almost always happens (i.e., anyone remember 'myspace' > from years ago)? And I've seen news articles that imply the shift is > already well underway for facebook. Apparently the "young crowd" (as > in the 20somethings and below) are all on Instagram because "facebook > is for old people" (i.e., their parents, aunts, uncles, etc. are on > facebook). > > Sadly, the young crowd is just trading one corporate devil for another > equally bad corporate devil. > Rubbish! When I'm out in bars and night clubs, I get loads of women by telling them I'm a regular usenet user!