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Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet?

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On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 08:32:46 -0600, D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
>On 2/28/25 6:46 PM, Steve Bonine wrote:
>> Retro Guy wrote:
>>> Also, I don't know why someone is posting short quotes, not opinion on 
>>> the
>>> quote, and links to Reddit. I, and I'm guessing some others, are not 
>>> going
>>> to visit Reddit to read the info.
>> 
>> This is an example of the opinion that re-posts of material from other 
>> sources (mailing lists, newsletters, social media) will revive a 
>> newsgroup.  If your newsgroup is dying, you can revive it by posting 
>> material from other sources.  You have to admit that the article that 
>> you are disparaging has resulted in a flurry of activity in the target 
>> newsgroups.
>> I am not personally a fan of this technique.  My impression is that you 
>> end up with low-quality traffic that does not result in any followups in 
>> the newsgroup, [...]
>
>The main problem with this particular case of re-posted material is the 
>low quality of the material to begin with. It was someone's uninformed 
>opinion and musing about Usenet. It was from a person who was unfamiliar 
>with the operation of Usenet, as particularly evidenced by the phrase 
>"you can't just host your own server."
>I question what value Paul Schleck saw in reposting this uninformed or 
>ignorant material to the newsgroups. Was it to inform the readers here? 
>Was it to entertain us? Or was it for his own entertainment, to read our 
>replies for the past several days?

some of the articles cited in pws's cross-postings have been interesting
and on-topic, "early history of usenet" <ulmoq1$6kl$1@reader2.panix.com>
(links to https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2019-11/2019-11-14.html)
organized, authoritative, self-explanatory albeit biased and opinionated

but posting links to "reddit" or other social media to usenet newsgroups
seems more like unsolicited advertising . . . junk mail, of little or no
use to anyone...pws may not be troll farm, but shilling for social media?

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Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2025-02-25 13:15 +0000
  Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-02-25 12:07 -0600
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2025-02-26 05:44 +0000
  Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-25 22:15 +0100
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 21:03 -0300
  Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-02-25 21:40 +0000
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> - 2025-02-25 21:48 +0000
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> - 2025-02-25 14:47 -0700
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2025-02-26 05:54 +0000
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-02-27 20:40 +0000
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Steve Bonine <spb@pobox.com> - 2025-02-28 18:46 -0600
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-28 20:47 -0500
          Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-03-01 02:07 +0000
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-03-01 02:23 +0000
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-01 23:19 -0300
          Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-03-03 18:39 -0600
            Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 22:08 -0300
              Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> - 2025-03-08 01:34 +0000
                Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-03-07 21:52 -0600
              Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-03-07 21:52 -0600
          Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Anthk NM <anthk@disroot.org> - 2025-11-23 09:11 +0000
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-03-03 08:32 -0600
          Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-03-03 15:31 +0000
            Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2025-03-04 00:57 +0000
              Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 22:11 -0300
          Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2025-03-04 00:42 +0000
            Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-03-04 03:52 +0000
            Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-03-04 13:55 -0600
  Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-02-26 20:14 -0600
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 14:26 +0100
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 13:48 -0300
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 13:55 -0300
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-27 18:37 +0000
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-01 11:33 +0100
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-02-27 19:12 -0600
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-28 11:02 +0000

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