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Or better yet, unmoderated. Usenet only fell apart because of the spam, and legal attacks by the RIAA and MPAA and BSA.
by crankylinuxuser 7y ago
Or better yet, unmoderated.
Usenet only fell apart because of the spam, and legal attacks by the RIAA and MPAA and BSA.
- philpem 7y agoThat would depend on your perspective and your own experiences, I expect. I found the moderated sci.* and comp.* groups more pleasant for asking questions and giving answers. The alt.* hierarchy had its moments, but mostly it was an exercise in tolerance. Some groups were largely self-moderating, others had such a poor SNR that there was no point putting the time in. The RIAA/MPAA/BSA raids were only really relevant if you were into pirating copyrighted material.