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  Public Service Announcement RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-11 11:42 +0000
    Re: Public Service Announcement Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-11 13:55 +0000
      Re: Public Service Announcement Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-11 15:16 +0000
    Re: Public Service Announcement Alvaro Martínez <alvaro@elcodiguero.com> - 2014-03-11 22:40 -0300
      Re: Public Service Announcement Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-03-12 00:32 -0500
    Re: Public Service Announcement Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-11 23:10 -0700

#1459 — Public Service Announcement

I don't plan on posting this PSA regularly, but thought it might be worth doing it just this once.

1. A couple weeks ago we took a stab at a charter.  It's here, if
anyone would like to read, modify, or discuss:
http://compmisc.wikia.com/wiki/Comp.misc_newsgroup_Wiki

2. I am trying to post comp related things here.  Non-comp stuff is
going to misc.news.internet.discuss (astronomy, biology, physics,
social media, gaming).  I'm crossposting to relevant other groups where
it seems that's helpful, and hopefully that leads people to other NGs
as well.

3. I have no pretense of being the official news poster, by any means.
Please help post things you think would be interesting to discuss.  I'm
trying to notice articles that don't get discussed so I can avoid
posting more of the same, and trying to keep a variety of subjects
fresh so there's not too much of any one subject.

4. I've shared my posting script on this newsgroup if anyone else would
like to use it to keep interesting content here.

Lastly, for what it's worth, watching Soylent implode makes me even
more grateful to have this interesting group to chat with - this is the
first place I visit every morning now.  Usenet is still proving its
worth, nearly 20 years after I first started using it!

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#1460

On 2014-03-11, RS Wood wrote:
> 1. A couple weeks ago we took a stab at a charter.  It's here, if
> anyone would like to read, modify, or discuss:
> http://compmisc.wikia.com/wiki/Comp.misc_newsgroup_Wiki

Looks good to me. I'll keep all of that in mind :)

> Lastly, for what it's worth, watching Soylent implode makes me even
> more grateful to have this interesting group to chat with - this is the
> first place I visit every morning now.  Usenet is still proving its
> worth, nearly 20 years after I first started using it!

Ditto.  I'm new here, but I'm really loving usenet so far.  I've
been checking for new articles here more frequently than I check my
email :P

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#1464

On 2014-03-11, Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2014-03-11, RS Wood wrote:
>> 1. A couple weeks ago we took a stab at a charter.  It's here, if
>> anyone would like to read, modify, or discuss:
>> http://compmisc.wikia.com/wiki/Comp.misc_newsgroup_Wiki
>
> Looks good to me. I'll keep all of that in mind :)
>
>> Lastly, for what it's worth, watching Soylent implode makes me even
>> more grateful to have this interesting group to chat with - this is
>> the first place I visit every morning now.  Usenet is still proving
>> its worth, nearly 20 years after I first started using it!
>
> Ditto.  I'm new here, but I'm really loving usenet so far.  I've been
> checking for new articles here more frequently than I check my email
> :P

Health warning: usenet can be habit-forming  ;))

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#1495

RS Wood wrote:

> 3. I have no pretense of being the official news poster, by any means.
> Please help post things you think would be interesting to discuss.  I'm
> trying to notice articles that don't get discussed so I can avoid
> posting more of the same, and trying to keep a variety of subjects
> fresh so there's not too much of any one subject.
While Usenet is obviously not the same as a web site, since many of us are 
here due to the changes at Slashdot, a change of mindset may be required 
before more people start posting. I for one know that I find miself reading 
this newsgroup as if it were a news site. I'd say please keep posting what 
you find interesting :)

> Usenet is still proving its worth, nearly 20 years after I first started
> using it!
Well, FWIW, this is my first serious attempt at using usenet after several 
short-lived experiments, I got my first PC and internet access at a time 
when using the Usenet was already going out of fashion (around 2001, when I 
was 16...), so I didn't live that golden time so many of you old-timers seem 
to be so nostalgic about, with BBSs, Usenet, Gopher, and all that :)

Cheers!

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#1500

On 3/11/2014 8:40 PM, Alvaro Martínez wrote:

> Well, FWIW, this is my first serious attempt at using usenet after several 
> short-lived experiments, I got my first PC and internet access at a time 
> when using the Usenet was already going out of fashion (around 2001, when I 
> was 16...), so I didn't live that golden time so many of you old-timers seem 
> to be so nostalgic about, with BBSs, Usenet, Gopher, and all that :)

I dunno if it was a "golden time", I was too late for that, but I
started gating newsgroups into my BBS in the late '90s, just before
the BBS scene collapsed. And I've followed a couple of other ngs (been
active in one)  since then, mostly because Agent, and then
Thunderbird, made it pretty easy.

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#1502

On 2014-03-11 11:42:52 +0000, RS Wood said:

> I don't plan on posting this PSA regularly, but thought it might be 
> worth doing it just this once.
> 
> 1. A couple weeks ago we took a stab at a charter.  It's here, if
> anyone would like to read, modify, or discuss:
> http://compmisc.wikia.com/wiki/Comp.misc_newsgroup_Wiki

Seems like a rational plan.  So far I am surprised that this group 
hasn't been overrun with trolls yet, but it seems that the really 
dedicated ones are running out of steam in their old age or something.  
Thanks for the effort.

I just convinced an old buddy of mine to get re-involved with Usenet so 
that's a good sign.  I think that lots of people are getting burned out 
on the typical web forums.

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