Back in the 1990's, the in-person User Groups were a thing of the past and we didn't have Patreon style support donation system wasn't widely accepted. Funding

Back in the 1990's, the in-person User Groups were a thing of the past and we didn't have Patreon style support donation system wasn't widely accepted. Funding was mostly out of owner/operator budget like it was in the BBS days. Usenet was part of the ISP plan, part of your monthly dial-up (or otherwise) costs. Who paid to moderate and solve problems was starting to fail under the load and the easy ability to mass spam.