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

On 2025-03-04, Paul W. Schleck <[email protected]> wrote:
> In <[email protected]> D Finnigan <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>I question what value Paul Schleck saw in reposting this uninformed or 
>>ignorant material to the newsgroups. Was it to inform the readers here? 
>>Was it to entertain us? Or was it for his own entertainment, to read our 
>>replies for the past several days?
>
> A pearl of wisdom from Guy Macon from 2005:
>
> "There is a way to influence what gets discussed in a newsgroup that
> works well, and another way that has never worked no matter how many
> people have tried it.
>
> What works: Posting articles on the topic you wish to see discussed, and
> participating in the resulting discussion. Using killfiles and filters
> so that you don't see the articles that you dislike. Never, ever
> responding to articles that you dislike.
>
> What doesn't work: Responding to articles that you dislike, complaining
> about articles that you dislike, complaining about posters that you
> dislike, complaining about how terrible everyone else is for not posting
> what you want them to post."
>
> (https://groups.google.com/g/news.groups/c/FUdBxpDF_a4/m/mxxyQbk2rrkJ)
>

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing.