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

Salvador Mirzo <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.fan.usenet,alt.culture.usenet,news.groups
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Grant Taylor <[email protected]> writes:

> On 3/1/25 8:19 PM, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>> In summary, if you post an article, I assume that you read it and
>> you enjoyed it, so there's always an implicit comment.  There is a
>> service in that---it's a filter.
>
> I've seen too much crap posted to be able to have the same faith in a
> human filter.
>
> I have to see some comment from the poster about how the article
> impacted them as an individual for me to even consider reading it.

I think my position is that the persona holds a value.  When it is you
who posts, no matter what it is, I always take a look.  If you just post
a pointer, say, I'd take a look, although I would see the event as
unusual.
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