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Re: Multi-posed spammer

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On 2020-03-29, Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> wrote:

> On 3/29/20 12:08 PM, Rich wrote:
>
>> Usenet usage dropped significantly, resulting in spamming to Usenet no 
>> longer returning even the meager ROI that it got when Usenet had 
>> significantly higher usage.  The spammers moved on to using email for 
>> spamming (a higher ROI there, at least before the widespread advent of 
>> SPAM filters).
>
> I think one of the reasons Usenet usage has dropped significantly is
> that it got flooded with spammers and trolls. Consequently some
> newsgroups have disappeared entirely, and others have moved to
> mailing-lists using email.
>
> But even e-mail usage seems to be down. Many of the people I used to
> communicate with by e-mail have moved to Facebook.

My theory is that Usenet and e-mail share a quality that makes them
anathema to young users: they're both text only.  If you don't offer
flashy graphics... ewww, gross.

> I happen to hate Facebook as an e-mail substitute.

I've never used Facebook and never will.  And I wouldn't even know
how to tweet.  One of my main objections is that these media are
run by monopolies.  So is the phone company, but at least telcos
are a _regulated_ monopoly.

> And now, it seems among the younger
> sets, even Facebook is falling out of favor and they communicate (if you
> can call it that) using text messages with their cell phones. I feel
> like an aging curmudgeon, but that is because I _am_ old. The kids I
> used to know are now parents, and some their children are teaching
> school in the very schools where I used to take them when they were
> students.

I've been honing my curmudgeonly skills for years.  Although I do send
and receive text messages fairly regularly, I do so in an ancient,
arcane language known as English.  This set me apart from normal users,
whose idea of communication is rapidly trending toward the electronic
equivalent of grunts around a campfire.

> Another reason is because some ISPs do not provide a Usenet service
> anymore (though they did not lower their fees when they discontinued
> it.) Many use web browsers for such e-mail as they use, it not occurring
> to them that there are mail user agents and Usenet user agents.

Well, at least it's cut down on spam...

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