Subj : Re: Does Usenet still have value?
To   : Oli
From : tenser
Date : Fri Feb 11 2022 03:26:56

On 10 Feb 2022 at 11:24a, Oli pondered and said...
 
 Ol> tenser wrote (2022-02-10):
 Ol> 
 Ol>  t> As always, after the initial question is answered, threads tend
 Ol>  t> to continue on ad infinitum with random speculation and naval gazing.
 Ol>  t> That at least hasn't changed, even if much of it is uninteresting.
 Ol> 
 Ol> Isn't this a property (feature or bug?) of many online conversations?
 Ol> Happens in web forums, chat groups, echomail ...
 Ol> 
 Ol> Most of the times I like it better than the Discourse-like aggressive
 Ol> auto-locking of threads or too much moderating.

Sure! It's just a statement that some things never change.

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