Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet?

candycanearter07 <[email protected]>
writes:

> Paul W. Schleck <[email protected]> wrote at 13:15 this Tuesday (GMT):
>> "Usenet, having been around for several decades now has gotten to the
>> point where you can't just host your own server. While I get the reason
>> behind that, why is not a good idea, to perhaps split away from the
>> current dataset and start a new feed of Usenet servers without the older
>> data and without binaries? The current Usenet would still be present,
>> but it would allow for people not only to go back to self-hosting
>> Usenet, but would also get rid of some of the 'junk' that people don't
>> want. And removing binaries from the new one, doesn't stop people from
>> using the old Usenet to continue doing so.
>>
>> Why would this be a bad idea?" - quilnux
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1it5bf5/why_cant_we_just_reset_usenet/
>
>
> Can't you control what ng's you carry and how old the data you carry is?

Yes, the person asking the question doesn't actually understand how
Usenet works. This has not stopped them from proposing making a new
Usenet (with blackjack, and hookers!).

Having only the slightest Wikipedia-skimming level of understanding
about a system you don't actually use has never stopped anybody, online
or off, from declaring that they know how to Fix It, though.

john