• some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

    From HenHanna@HenHanna@gmail.com to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Wed Feb 21 13:39:38 2024
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    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.


    Here (below) is an example!


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  • From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.org to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Wed Feb 21 15:06:52 2024
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    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this
    out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post
    links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his news server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)
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  • From candycanearter07@no@thanks.net to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Thu Feb 22 10:23:00 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this
    out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his news server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the
    "Legal issues" section, then freak out.
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  • From Bozo User@anthk@disroot.org to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Thu Apr 4 16:04:34 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

    On 2024-02-22, candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this
    out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post
    links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his news >> server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news
    server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    Sadly most redditors don't even know IRC. Ditto with 'hackernews'.
    For them, it only exists IRC and Discord/Slack. They don't even
    or want know about Jabber.
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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Thu Apr 4 16:20:08 2024
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    Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org> wrote at 16:04 this Thursday (GMT):
    On 2024-02-22, candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this >>> out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post >>> links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his news >>> server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news >>> server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the
    "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    Sadly most redditors don't even know IRC. Ditto with 'hackernews'.
    For them, it only exists IRC and Discord/Slack. They don't even
    or want know about Jabber.


    I've never heard of jabber..
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  • From address@address@is.invalid (LucLan) to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Thu Apr 4 16:15:03 2024
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    In news.software.readers Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org> wrote:
    On 2024-02-22, candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this >>> out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post >>> links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his news >>> server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news >>> server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the
    "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    Sadly most redditors don't even know IRC. Ditto with 'hackernews'.
    For them, it only exists IRC and Discord/Slack. They don't even
    or want know about Jabber.

    Who is using Jabber nowadays? :-/
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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Thu Apr 4 16:40:08 2024
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    John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote at 16:28 this Thursday (GMT):
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
    writes:
    I've never heard of jabber..

    It's been called XMPP since the early 2000s and although I don't know of anyone who actually *uses* it, any time there's an online discussion of
    newer federated chat systems like Matrix, you end up with a handful of posters bursting in to talk about how XMPP was totally better once you installed the appropriate grab-bag of extensions.

    john


    Ohh, ok. I've heard of XMPP yea
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  • From John@john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Thu Apr 4 16:28:00 2024
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    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
    writes:
    I've never heard of jabber..

    It's been called XMPP since the early 2000s and although I don't know of
    anyone who actually *uses* it, any time there's an online discussion of
    newer federated chat systems like Matrix, you end up with a handful of
    posters bursting in to talk about how XMPP was totally better once you installed the appropriate grab-bag of extensions.

    john
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  • From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.org to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Thu Apr 4 09:41:31 2024
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    On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 16:20:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

    Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org> wrote at 16:04 this Thursday (GMT):
    On 2024-02-22, candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this >>>> out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post >>>> links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his news >>>> server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news >>>> server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the
    "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    Sadly most redditors don't even know IRC. Ditto with 'hackernews'.
    For them, it only exists IRC and Discord/Slack. They don't even
    or want know about Jabber.


    I've never heard of jabber..

    It was like text Skype if that makes sense.

    I used ICQ and PowWow in the distant past :)
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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Thu Apr 4 17:20:08 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

    Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote at 16:41 this Thursday (GMT):
    On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 16:20:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

    Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org> wrote at 16:04 this Thursday (GMT):
    On 2024-02-22, candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this >>>>> out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post >>>>> links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his news
    server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news >>>>> server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the >>>> "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    Sadly most redditors don't even know IRC. Ditto with 'hackernews'.
    For them, it only exists IRC and Discord/Slack. They don't even
    or want know about Jabber.


    I've never heard of jabber..

    It was like text Skype if that makes sense.

    I used ICQ and PowWow in the distant past :)


    Nice, I used to use Skype.
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  • From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.org to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Thu Apr 4 10:25:30 2024
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    On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 17:20:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

    Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote at 16:41 this Thursday (GMT):
    On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 16:20:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

    Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org> wrote at 16:04 this Thursday (GMT):
    On 2024-02-22, candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and some Reddit SUBs have quirky rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this >>>>>> out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post
    links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his news
    server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news
    server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the >>>>> "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    Sadly most redditors don't even know IRC. Ditto with 'hackernews'.
    For them, it only exists IRC and Discord/Slack. They don't even
    or want know about Jabber.


    I've never heard of jabber..

    It was like text Skype if that makes sense.

    I used ICQ and PowWow in the distant past :)


    Nice, I used to use Skype.

    My inlaws still do :)
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  • From Kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Mon Apr 8 15:42:57 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

    On 2/22/2024 5:23 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and-a-a-a some Reddit SUBs-a-a have-a quirky-a rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this
    out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post
    links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his
    news
    server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news
    server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    well, the last few yea...decades Usenet didn't have that much good media attention
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  • From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.org to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Mon Apr 8 07:25:38 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

    On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 15:42:57 +0200, Kyonshi wrote:

    On 2/22/2024 5:23 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    andaaa some Reddit SUBsaa havea quirkya rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this >>> out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post >>> links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his
    news
    server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news >>> server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the
    "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    well, the last few yea...decades Usenet didn't have that much good media attention

    Well, this was in /r/usenet They're not afraid of Usenet. Just of me, apparently :)
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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Mon Apr 8 14:40:10 2024
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    Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 13:42 this Monday (GMT):
    On 2/22/2024 5:23 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and-a-a-a some Reddit SUBs-a-a have-a quirky-a rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this >>> out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post >>> links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his
    news
    server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news >>> server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the
    "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    well, the last few yea...decades Usenet didn't have that much good media attention


    Was there /any/ media attention? I don't remember hearing about it until
    I joined.
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  • From s|b@me@privacy.invalid to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Tue Apr 9 21:59:14 2024
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    On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 14:40:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

    Was there /any/ media attention? I don't remember hearing about it until
    I joined.

    There were (American) concerns about newsgroups where pedophiles
    (supposedly) were sharing their stuff. I don't remember what the
    newsgroups were called, but there were indeed at least 2 of those
    newsgroups.

    Providers quickly took the chance of getting rid of their access to
    Usenet completely and in doing so they got rid of a lot of (illegal)
    download traffic that was going on in other newsgroups.

    They could have blocked access to those specific newsgroups, but it was
    never really about that.
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    s|b
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  • From Kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Sat Apr 13 01:02:20 2024
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    On 4/8/2024 4:25 PM, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 15:42:57 +0200, Kyonshi wrote:

    On 2/22/2024 5:23 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    On 2/21/24 16:06, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:39:38 -0800, HenHanna wrote:

    Some SE and other online Forums are run by dictators

    and-a-a-a some Reddit SUBs-a-a have-a quirky-a rules and moderators.

    I once saw a post on Reddit advertising novabbs, just saying "Check this >>>> out, it's a Usenet web forum"

    That thread got locked and the mod comment was something like "Don't post >>>> links to sites that are illegal. The admin is breaking the TOS of his
    news
    server by letting people post on his site.

    I posted that I'm the admin of novabbs and I'm also the admin of the news >>>> server, so I'm not breaking any rules.

    That got me banned, lol :)

    It's like some people look up USENET, read the Wikipedia page, see the
    "Legal issues" section, then freak out.

    well, the last few yea...decades Usenet didn't have that much good media
    attention

    Well, this was in /r/usenet They're not afraid of Usenet. Just of me, apparently :)

    /r/usenet is almost exclusively for piracy. there's a second subreddit
    called /r/ClassicUsenet which deals with the text groups.
    I did encounter some people in /r/usenet who were unaware that Usenet
    started as a text medium and that the text parts still exist.
    ...which to be fair is not that hard to believe considering some of the
    newer leechers I checked out had no way to even post text posts anymore.
    At least none I could find.
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  • From Kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to news.software.readers,alt.culture.usenet,alt.culture.reddit on Sat Apr 13 16:16:23 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.culture.usenet

    On 4/9/2024 9:59 PM, s|b wrote:
    On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 14:40:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

    Was there /any/ media attention? I don't remember hearing about it until
    I joined.

    There were (American) concerns about newsgroups where pedophiles
    (supposedly) were sharing their stuff. I don't remember what the
    newsgroups were called, but there were indeed at least 2 of those
    newsgroups.

    Providers quickly took the chance of getting rid of their access to
    Usenet completely and in doing so they got rid of a lot of (illegal)
    download traffic that was going on in other newsgroups.

    They could have blocked access to those specific newsgroups, but it was
    never really about that.


    Yeah, I remember some news coverage in Germany that included the usenet
    and how terrible it was that you could get pornography in there. I think
    it really drove the whole narrative of the internet being the seedy side
    of culture, especially coming from newspapers and tv stations.
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