Re: some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

On 4/8/2024 4:25 PM, Retro Guy wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 15:42:57 +0200, Kyonshi wrote:
> 
>> On 2/22/2024 5:23 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators
>>>>>
>>>>> and    some Reddit SUBs   have  quirky  rules and moderators.
>>>>
>>>> I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this
>>>> out, it's a Usenet web forum"
>>>>
>>>> That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post
>>>> links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his
>>>> news
>>>> server by letting people post on his site.
>>>>
>>>> I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news
>>>> server, so I'm not breaking any rules.
>>>>
>>>> That got me banned, lol :)
>>>
>>> It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the
>>> "Legal issues" section, then freak out.
>>
>> well, the last few yea...decades Usenet didn't have that much good media
>> attention
> 
> Well, this was in /r/usenet They're not afraid of Usenet. Just of me,
> apparently :)

/r/usenet is almost exclusively for piracy. there's a second subreddit 
called /r/ClassicUsenet which deals with the text groups.
I did encounter some people in /r/usenet who were unaware that Usenet 
started as a text medium and that the text parts still exist.
...which to be fair is not that hard to believe considering some of the 
newer leechers I checked out had no way to even post text posts anymore. 
At least none I could find.