• Essays about Usenet (from Subreddit r/ClassicUsenet)

    From pschleck@pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) to alt.fan.usenet,alt.culture.usenet,news.groups on Sat Aug 16 13:24:56 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.usenet

    - 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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