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

Ted Heise <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.fan.usenet,alt.culture.usenet,news.groups
Organization My own, such as it is
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 07 Mar 2025 22:08:01 -0300,
  Salvador Mirzo <[email protected]> wrote:
>  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.  

+1

And one of the strengths of a scoring newsreader like slrn.

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Ted Heise      <[email protected]>       West Lafayette, IN, USA
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