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No, killfiles were at an individual level. But they were more than "I'm tired of seeing User Y", as you could also plonk text patterns and the like. IIRC group
by jghn 3y ago
No, killfiles were at an individual level. But they were more than "I'm tired of seeing User Y", as you could also plonk text patterns and the like.
IIRC group-wide moderation was handled per-post in that every post was approved by hand.
- dragontamer 3y ago> IIRC group-wide moderation was handled per-post in that every post was approved by hand. Definitely not. The kinds of "mistakes" I've seen in moderation back then suggests that the process was highly automated. Moderated Usenet is way more similar to modern Reddit than people probably realize.