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

[email protected] (Paul W. Schleck) writes:

> In <[email protected]> D <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>some of the articles cited in pws's cross-postings have been interesting
>>and on-topic, "early history of usenet" <[email protected]>
>>(links to https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2019-11/2019-11-14.html)
>>organized, authoritative, self-explanatory albeit biased and opinionated
>
>>but posting links to "reddit" or other social media to usenet newsgroups
>>seems more like unsolicited advertising . . . junk mail, of little or no
>>use to anyone...pws may not be troll farm, but shilling for social media?
>
> A variation on an old religion joke:
>
> Three men die and go to heaven. St. Peter meets them at the pearly
> gates.  He says to the first man, "Welcome to Heaven! Back on Earth,
> what social media did you use?"
>
> The first man say, "I was a devout Facebook member."
>
> St. Peter says, "Excellent! Then go to door 10, but when you pass door
> number 2, be very quiet."
>
> He then asks the second man, "When you were on Earth, what social media
> did you use?"
>
> The second man replies, "I was the administrator of my Mastodon
> instance!"
>
> St. Peter says, "Wonderful! Make your way to door 6, but when you pass
> door 2, be very quiet."
>
> St. Peter asks the last man, "What social media did you use on Earth?"
>
> The man says, "I was on Twitter. Part of the X."
>
> St. Peter says, "You know the drill. Go to door 12, but be very quiet
> when you pass door 2."
>
> The last man says, "Why is it we need to be so quiet when we go past
> door 2?"
>
> St. Peter replies, "Because that's where the Usenet people are and they
> think they're the only ones here."

I really don't get it.  What is it?  USENET people are clueless and
think they would be only ones to go to heaven?  Totally clueless here.