Subj : Re: Computers
To   : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : MIKE POWELL
Date : Thu Aug 01 2024 08:04:00

³ Usenet had their restricted areas, too -- I was a telecom manager in a
³ former life, and comp.dcom.telecom was my goto newsgroup. It was
³ moderated and very informative when I was soaking up telco knowledge.
ÀÄ[PF=>MP]
 
Yes, I remember those moderated groups.  IIRC, sci.space.news was another
one.  I *think* I had to set up moderated groups slightly different in the
Waffle<>FRED<>Squish<>BBS chain I had set up, but I am not sure.
 
³ It's oddy to think back to a usenet that was mostly content an
³ slightly spammy, instead of vice versa.
ÀÄ[PF=>MP]
 
Although they contained plenty of bad manners and trolls, even the unmoderated
groups were considerably less spammy back c1993-97.  I was very disappointed
when I returned to reading there several years later.
 
Mike
 
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