Essays about Usenet (from Subreddit r/ClassicUsenet)

[email protected] (Paul W. Schleck)
Newsgroups alt.fan.usenet,alt.culture.usenet,news.groups
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <[email protected]>
- Newsreader killfiles, the "Nunchucks of Usenet"

- Common fallacious arguments against moderated newsgroups

- Examples of Abuse

- net.martyr

- Subject matter newsgroups: Threading the needle between arcanery and
  kookery
  
- An example of when threads go bad

- Spotting a Concern Troll in the wild

- Pushback on Usenet?

- Limitations of the "Standard" or "Usual" Advice about Usenet

- Sample requirements for Usenet newsgroup moderation software

- Three on-topic posts a week swamps and ruins a newsgroup

- Current top myths about Usenet

- Trying to define Usenet by what it isn't (or should not be)

- Have you ever noticed that when someone starts out a sentence with,
  'Kindly,' the rest is usually anything but?

- The "Selective Memory" Troll


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