> This is why things like the "Eternal September" exist, a deluge of new users is basically impossible to moderate at scale. Great reference. I used and liked

> This is why things like the "Eternal September" exist, a deluge of new users is basically impossible to moderate at scale. Great reference. I used and liked Usenet a lot in the early 90s. I lurked in the comp.* and sci.* groups among several others. Sure, I knew there were nasty crazy things on alt., and as a 13 year old I looked at some porn in there. Usenet was not "centrally" moderated, and it was fine. There was spam sure, but with a suitable client with spam filter, things where good. In my view, moderation has to happen at the edge, and not in the center. People should be able to post whatever legal stuff they want in those type of services, in the same way anyone can go to a public park and shout/speak whatever crazy things they want. Now, if you start to pee* in public (illegal) or post something illegal, then the police should investigate and get you for committing an illegal act, but there's not reason why there should be censorship of everyone for the possibility of someone committing a rime.