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Killfiles are the generally accepted way of combating spam on Usenet. With only a few lines, I see very little of it even on the wider Usenet groups. Generally
by agiacalone 3y ago
Killfiles are the generally accepted way of combating spam on Usenet. With only a few lines, I see very little of it even on the wider Usenet groups.
Generally blocking public services (like Google Groups) is enough to block 90%+ spam
- Ekaros 3y agoI wonder how truly effective those would be if the spammers really started to combat and circumvent them actively. And blocking public servers would kill the network effects. Thus keeping it only to small communities.
- agiacalone 3y agoIt just means that services that allow bad actors get blocked. Like Google Groups. I have and enjoy using “public” Usenet servers like eternal-september and SDF which disallow spam and hold users accountable for their actions.
- jandrese 3y agoI feel like it's easy to avoid spam on Usenet at the moment because few spammers give a crap about Usenet. If it became popular again this would change, just like the first time it became popular. That said, one of the things I really liked about Usenet is that the client was entirely in your hands. Some of the Usenet readers were incredibly sophisticated and no internet forum software has ever come close to offering an equivalent level of utility. I would jump on a "Usenet, but with moderation/spam control baked in" in a heartbeat. In fact this is pretty much what Reddit is, which makes me sad that they're trying so hard to Digg it.