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  Slashcott enters second week (?!) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-16 20:59 +0000
    Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 15:57 -0800
      Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-17 09:21 +0100
      Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-17 09:36 +0000
        Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-17 05:01 +0501
          Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-17 13:35 +0000
            Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-17 12:26 +1226
          Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-17 18:16 +0100
            Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-02-17 17:30 +0000
              Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-17 22:50 +0000
        Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-17 09:45 -0800
          Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-17 19:54 +0000
    Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-17 00:00 -0800
    Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 10:06 -0500
      Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 16:22 +0000
        Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 16:28 +0000
          Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-17 23:02 +0000
          Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-18 00:34 +0100
            Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) Johannes Grassler <jgr-usenet@btw23.de> - 2014-02-18 23:45 +0000
        Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-17 17:43 +0000
          Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-18 01:55 +0200
            Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-18 07:37 +0100
              Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? dialmove <dialmove@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 13:07 +0000
                Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? dialmove <dialmove@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 13:16 +0000
                  Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-18 08:02 +0802
                  Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-18 22:51 +0100
                    Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-19 01:56 +0156
            Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-18 19:47 -0800
              Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-19 08:58 +0200
              Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-19 01:36 +0136
          Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-18 00:08 +0000
            Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-18 07:12 +0000
              Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 05:41 -0800
                Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-18 20:24 +0000
              Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-02-21 17:16 +0000
              Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 12:33 -0500
                Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 18:31 +0000
                  Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 21:07 +0000
                  Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 17:52 +0100
                    Posting to other tech groups, flag to comp.misc RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-02 19:56 +0000
                      Re: Posting to other tech groups, flag to comp.misc Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-03-02 14:15 -0600
                        Re: Posting to other tech groups, flag to comp.misc Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-02 23:47 +0000
                      Re: Posting to other tech groups, flag to comp.misc Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-02 20:46 +0000
                  Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-02 23:24 -0500
            Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-19 01:47 +0147
          Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 12:31 -0500
            Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-26 14:07 -0600
            Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-26 14:30 -0600
              Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-02 23:38 -0500
                Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 00:54 -0600
                  Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-03 07:31 +0000
                    Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-03 09:46 +0200
                      Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-03 08:02 +0000
                    Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-03 07:55 -0600
                      Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-03 14:22 +0000
                      Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-03 17:31 +0100
                      Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-03 17:13 +0000
                        Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-03 19:55 +0000
                      Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-03 22:05 +0000
                      Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de> - 2014-03-04 14:06 +0100
                    Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 09:43 -0600
                      Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-03 21:11 +0000
                Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-03 13:19 +0000
                  Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-03 13:55 +0000
                    Re: Slashcott enters second week  ? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-03 14:21 +0000
        Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) "Elizabeth T. Knuth" <eknuth@csbsju.edu> - 2014-02-22 13:57 -0600
        Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-22 20:12 +0000
    Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-20 10:15 +0000
      Re: Slashcott enters second week (?!) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-20 12:25 +0200

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#512 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

"tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com>:

>> We need more people to start reading the group. 
> One way of doing that is to cross-post to any relevant groups.
> Cross-posting is often used by trolls, so you have to make sure it is
> relevant to both groups and to be on the safe side have 2 groups max,
> or you'll get flamed. Some of the questions about news readers could
> usefully be x-posted to news.software.readers, for instance.

It should be possible to combine, say, comp.misc and a Slashdot-style
Web UI. The Web UI could provide the colors, animated ads, bells and
whistles for those who prefer it. It could also maintain a reputation
and rating system. At the same time it would seamlessly integrate with
comp.misc so you wouldn't depend on a single server and account.


Marko

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#518 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On 2014-02-17, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com>:
>
> It should be possible to combine, say, comp.misc and a Slashdot-style
> Web UI. The Web UI could provide the colors, animated ads, bells and
> whistles for those who prefer it. It could also maintain a reputation
> and rating system. At the same time it would seamlessly integrate with
> comp.misc so you wouldn't depend on a single server and account.

Probably you are looking for squte.com? :-)


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#523 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

El Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:37:03 +0100, q.kontinuum escribió:

> On 2014-02-17, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
>> "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com>:
>>
>> It should be possible to combine, say, comp.misc and a Slashdot-style
>> Web UI. The Web UI could provide the colors, animated ads, bells and
>> whistles for those who prefer it. It could also maintain a reputation
>> and rating system. At the same time it would seamlessly integrate with
>> comp.misc so you wouldn't depend on a single server and account.
> 
> Probably you are looking for squte.com? :-)

Does squte.com support moderation of comments and reputation? It may be 
worthy to open an account there if so.

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#524 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

El Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:07:03 +0000, dialmove escribió:
> Does squte.com support moderation of comments and reputation? It may be
> worthy to open an account there if so.

Although the color palette is dreadful, it doesn't seem to update often 
enough, and the floating panels make it unusable on a phone. Ugh!

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#526 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

> Does squte.com support moderation of comments and reputation?
Yes. See the thread http://squte.com/usenet/altslashdot-becomes-soylentnews.org 
and http://squte.com/help for details.
> it doesn't seem to update often enough
It updates once an hour, how often should it update?

> the floating panels make it unusable on a phone
If you log in the login panel disappears.
There is an update coming soon that will turn off the "add-this" panel for logged 
in users, and let you optionally hide the settings panel.

~tdk
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#542 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On 2014-02-18, dialmove <dialmove@gmail.com> wrote:
> El Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:07:03 +0000, dialmove escribió:
>> Does squte.com support moderation of comments and reputation? It may be
>> worthy to open an account there if so.

It does. The karma-calculation is different from slashdot, but
moderation system is available. It works for all newsgroups, you can
comment directly on that site or via newsreader. When you comment on
that site you would have to get a usenet account for which you would
upload your own credentials if you want your comments mirrored to
usenet. If you are content discussing on that site, you don't need
that. 

>
> Although the color palette is dreadful, it doesn't seem to update often 
> enough, and the floating panels make it unusable on a phone. Ugh!

I don't have much problems with it. Actually I don't know of any
decent newsreader for phones, so this looks like a viable alternative
for me. The owner of the site is quite active in this group as well
(tdk) and will probably listen to improvement ideas, even though he
will probably not take every advice.

Br,
Elvis


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#569 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

> will probably listen to improvement ideas
There has been a UI update to make it easier to use on phones.

regards
~tdk
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#562 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On 2014-02-17, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> It should be possible to combine, say, comp.misc and a Slashdot-style
> Web UI. The Web UI could provide the colors, animated ads, bells and
> whistles for those who prefer it. It could also maintain a reputation
> and rating system. At the same time it would seamlessly integrate with
> comp.misc so you wouldn't depend on a single server and account.

I thought everybody was trying to figure out how to make all of the
awful web based forums accessable through a nice newsreader where you
can dictate the format yourself, and just link to the content.
Newsreaders are platform agnostic, and can even work on mobile.

-- 
  Lance Orner (lance@orner.net)

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#565 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net>:

> On 2014-02-17, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
>> It should be possible to combine, say, comp.misc and a Slashdot-style
>> Web UI. The Web UI could provide the colors, animated ads, bells and
>> whistles for those who prefer it. It could also maintain a reputation
>> and rating system. At the same time it would seamlessly integrate
>> with comp.misc so you wouldn't depend on a single server and account.
>
> I thought everybody was trying to figure out how to make all of the
> awful web based forums accessable through a nice newsreader where you
> can dictate the format yourself, and just link to the content.
> Newsreaders are platform agnostic, and can even work on mobile.

I'm happy with Usenet, you're happy with Usenet. However, even among the
"nerds," the vast majority seem to be yearning for the golden cage.


Marko

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#566 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

> how to make all of the awful web based forums accessable through a nice newsreader
Well most forums offer an rss feed, and there are rss readers for mobile
You could have an rss to Usenet portal, similar to gmane but there might be copyright 
problems.
See [1] for a proposal to build a Usenet-like system that will be available on forums 
and also through an app.

[1] "http://squte.com/communion-network"

~tdk


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#513 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:55:26 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:

> "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com>:
> 
>>> We need more people to start reading the group.
>> One way of doing that is to cross-post to any relevant groups.
>> Cross-posting is often used by trolls, so you have to make sure it is
>> relevant to both groups and to be on the safe side have 2 groups max,
>> or you'll get flamed. Some of the questions about news readers could
>> usefully be x-posted to news.software.readers, for instance.
> 
> It should be possible to combine, say, comp.misc and a Slashdot-style
> Web UI. The Web UI could provide the colors, animated ads, bells and
> whistles for those who prefer it. It could also maintain a reputation
> and rating system. At the same time it would seamlessly integrate with
> comp.misc so you wouldn't depend on a single server and account.
> 
> 
> Marko

Tell him tdk :)

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#519 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On 2/18/14 12:08 AM, 2phar wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:55:26 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
>> "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com>:
>> 
>>>> We need more people to start reading the group.
>>> One way of doing that is to cross-post to any relevant groups.
>>> Cross-posting is often used by trolls, so you have to make sure it is
>>> relevant to both groups and to be on the safe side have 2 groups max,
>>> or you'll get flamed. Some of the questions about news readers could
>>> usefully be x-posted to news.software.readers, for instance.
>> 

How about, instead of crossposting, simply posting a note on other active
 newsgroups to let other Usenet denizens that comp.misc is alive and kicking
 and come join us?

Once you get hooked reading a certain group it is hard to be aware of what
 is happening elsewhere.

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#525 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 8:12:35 AM UTC+1, RS Wood wrote:
> How about, instead of crossposting, simply posting a note on other active
>  newsgroups to let other Usenet denizens that comp.misc is alive and kicking 
>  and come join us?

I've put a notice on alt.folklore.computers.

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#538 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On 2014-02-18, Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 8:12:35 AM UTC+1, RS Wood wrote:
>> How about, instead of crossposting, simply posting a note on other active
>>  newsgroups to let other Usenet denizens that comp.misc is alive and kicking 
>>  and come join us?
>
> I've put a notice on alt.folklore.computers.

I've done the same, at my usual watering holes, ie:

comp.mail.mutt
comp.mail.pine
comp.unix.shell
comp.editors

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#676 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On 2014-02-18, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 2/18/14 12:08 AM, 2phar wrote:
>>On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:55:26 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>>
>>> "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com>:
>>> 
>>>>> We need more people to start reading the group.
>>>> One way of doing that is to cross-post to any relevant groups.
>>>> Cross-posting is often used by trolls, so you have to make sure it
>>>> is relevant to both groups and to be on the safe side have 2 groups
>>>> max, or you'll get flamed. Some of the questions about news readers
>>>> could usefully be x-posted to news.software.readers, for instance.
>>> 
>
> How about, instead of crossposting, simply posting a note on other
> active newsgroups to let other Usenet denizens that comp.misc is alive
> and kicking and come join us?
>
> Once you get hooked reading a certain group it is hard to be aware of
> what is happening elsewhere.

One of those methods worked to get me over here from somewhere else  :))

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#972 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014, RS Wood wrote:

> On 2/18/14 12:08 AM, 2phar wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:55:26 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>>
>>> "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com>:
>>>
>>>>> We need more people to start reading the group.
>>>> One way of doing that is to cross-post to any relevant groups.
>>>> Cross-posting is often used by trolls, so you have to make sure it is
>>>> relevant to both groups and to be on the safe side have 2 groups max,
>>>> or you'll get flamed. Some of the questions about news readers could
>>>> usefully be x-posted to news.software.readers, for instance.
>>>
>
> How about, instead of crossposting, simply posting a note on other active
> newsgroups to let other Usenet denizens that comp.misc is alive and kicking
> and come join us?
>
Or don't treat usenet as some private club, and come and participate in 
the other newsgroups.   Do it because you're interested in the topic 
there, and then having some mention of this in your .sig will propagate 
the idea, without actually spamming the newsgroups.

Usenet needs more people to participate than it does carpetbaggers taking 
over one unused newsgroup because the website they've invested in so much 
has incremented its level of commerciality.

     Michael

> Once you get hooked reading a certain group it is hard to be aware of what
> is happening elsewhere.
>

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#990 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

> Usenet needs more people to participate than it does carpetbaggers
> taking over one unused newsgroup because the website they've invested in
> so much has incremented its level of commerciality.

Michael - You seem overly invested in protecting this Usenet group for 
the people who were using it prior to February 2014.  Here's who those 
people are, and what they were posting:

xxxxxx videolaR 80 FAZLA super, by garch20@gmail.com (8/10/2013), no 
responses
what is internet?, by jawad.cs43@gmail.com, (9/21/2013), 1 bot response
Re: Hello from the year 2013!!, patricklange1983@gmail.com (10/19), no 
response
{arabic} emarketing, Nabil Alnihari (12/26/2013), no responses
Re: I/S Chargeback Software, by drivan32@gmail.com, no responses.

We have yet to hear a single word from Mssrs drivan, vinodk81, Nabil, 
lange, jawad, or garch20, and every one of those posts smells of 
robo-posting by a spambot.  I applaud you for your defense of these 
software posters.  Carpetbagger is a strong word, incommensurate in my 
opinion with the actions of folks who seem love and appreciate Usenet as 
much as you do.

If the original "users" of this newsgroup speak up and tell the rest of 
us to piss off, I suspect we'd do so.  Rather, there was nothing but 
crickets and tumbleweeds around here, and we've made it into something 
interesting that you are welcome to participate in.  If you intend 
rather to post all this negative "Usenet was better before all you 'new 
guys' showed up" stuff, I for one will be killfiling you.  There's a 
better than average chance the folks posting to comp.misc today are as 
old as you or older, and have every right to consider themselves 
"original users" of comp.misc.

If you feel otherwise, I'd invite you to go contact Mssrs drivan, 
vinodk81, Nabil, lange, jawad, or garch20 on our behalf and see what 
they think.  They may have some e-marketing advice for you, too.

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#1012 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On 2014-02-26, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> Rather, there was nothing but crickets and tumbleweeds around here,
> and we've made it into something interesting that you are welcome to
> participate in.  

Just for a lark, I logged into this group via blocknews, a NSP that has
retention back to 2009.  Nothing but robospam posts from 2009 until
February of this year.  <crickets> chirp, chirp, chirp </crickets>.

It occurs to me too that this site is a fantastic gateway drug: people
not familiar with Usenet land here, find a healthy community pointing
them to other interesting groups in other topics.  And they explore and
learn.  Maybe that pisses off the oldies.  Or maybe we oldies rejoice in
the fact that new people come to enjoy something we think is valuable.

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#1154 — Re: Slashcott enters second week ?

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:31:05 +0000
RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

> > Usenet needs more people to participate than it does carpetbaggers
> > taking over one unused newsgroup because the website they've invested in
> > so much has incremented its level of commerciality.  
> 
> Michael - You seem overly invested in protecting this Usenet group for 
> the people who were using it prior to February 2014.

While he was way over the line in his tone and most of his points, he was
right in the fact that some crossposting would be a good idea. If only to
increase visibility of certain threads towards groups which might provide
additional insight, making this group even more interesting to read.

-- 
Andy

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#1159 — Posting to other tech groups, flag to comp.misc

On 2014-03-02, Andy K. <andy.k466@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:31:05 +0000
> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>
>> > Usenet needs more people to participate than it does carpetbaggers
>> > taking over one unused newsgroup because the website they've
>> > invested in so much has incremented its level of commerciality.  
>> 
>> Michael - You seem overly invested in protecting this Usenet group
>> for the people who were using it prior to February 2014.
>
> While he was way over the line in his tone and most of his points, he
> was right in the fact that some crossposting would be a good idea. If
> only to increase visibility of certain threads towards groups which
> might provide additional insight, making this group even more
> interesting to read.

Funny you should mention that; I was just thinking of a new idea.  There
was a pretty good discussion on crossposting here earlier and most
people - and me too - are against it.  I think crossposting often leads
to parallel discussions and is annoying.  But I was thinking - as you
are, apparently - that Michael was right that, for example, there are
good groups dedicated to things like VMS or Perl or Emacs and it would
be interesting to benefit from the knowledge of the folks in those
groups.

My proposal - curious to see if anyone objects - is to post the general
comp stuff here, stuff for which no dedicated newsgroup exists.  But
when there's a better group, to post it there and post a 'flag' here.

Let's say there's a good article about emacs (not a hypothetical
question, just saw one on Hacker News today).  I post it in comp.emacs,
and then in comp.misc simply post a flag stating the article's title and
in which group it was posted.

One neat thing about Usenet is that there are so many dedicated groups
out there.  That same thing can be a weakness in that it's useful to
have a place like this (or misc.news.scitech, cough cough) where people
interested in all or any of those specific topics can meet, and where
stuff that's more general and not necessarily germane to another
particular group can be alerted to the discussion.

What do you think?  There was a good thread that led to a collection of
good tech-related groups.  If everyone wants to give this a try, that's
probably the list of groups with which I'd start.

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