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  • Re: The future of Usenet and rec.arts.tv

    From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Mon May 18 10:56:50 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:03:09 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    Would every post go to everyone on the mailing list then? That would
    feel like forcing conversations on people. At least with Usenet I can
    choose which post to engage with based on the title and/or poster.

    I'm still using Agent though it's showing its age due to not having
    been updated for 5+ years. Still even so it remains one of the top
    Usenet readers. (aka "Being a big fish in a very small pond") Besides
    that it's mostly Youtube and downloads for me.
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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Mon May 18 10:58:14 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:03:09 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    Would every post go to everyone on the mailing list then? That would
    feel like forcing conversations on people. At least with Usenet I can
    choose which post to engage with based on the title and/or poster.

    And that of course is HUGE to those of us who use Usenet about 65/35
    for binaries and chat
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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Mon May 18 10:59:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Fri, 1 May 2026 02:16:23 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    No, I did the same thing. It let me make a comment but as soon as I did, I got >an email telling me my comment had been deleted because I hadn't built up >enough 'karma' to be worthy of speaking, whatever the hell that means.

    Can you imagine (a) how long it would have taken for most of us to
    reach that level and (b) how easy it would be for the bots to reach
    that level? Whatever else it is, it's not an effective anti-bot
    method. (Me I generally set filters usually expiring after 1-3 months
    though I've got plenty who I've permanently banded from my feed)
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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Mon May 18 11:03:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Fri, 1 May 2026 04:00:07 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Nothing, and I mean nothing, like Usenet exists anywhere else on the internet. >The fact that it's so sparsely populated these days is probably the only >reason it still exists. If it were to suddenly become popular and well known, >those government censors I mentioned above would probably ban it.

    We used to have 4-6 weeks every September - October where lots of
    college kids were getting accounts then either deliberately or
    actually not knowing, flouting the established norms.

    My kids for instance know I hang out here but don't really know what
    'here' is but then they're used to doing things with their phones even
    though my daughter works 3 days/week from home even now. (She prefers
    it as while they USED to be 10 minutes drive from home, they moved
    downtown allegedly to attract more candidates compared to having their
    office in the burbs but their downtown office is 45-60 minutes from
    home depending on what time of day she travels)
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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon May 18 14:40:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Verily, in article <0okm0lta90rd1j7vphvke48lhkvac4mgug@4ax.com>, did lcraver@home.ca deliver unto us this message:
    Can you imagine (a) how long it would have taken for most of us to
    reach that level and (b) how easy it would be for the bots to reach
    that level? Whatever else it is, it's not an effective anti-bot
    method.


    It was a fine anti-bot method before LLMs. Bots were much dumber then.
    It's also supposed to be an anti-bozo measure. Bozos often blow through accounts quickly.

    It's not that hard for a human being to earn karma by participating in
    open subs. I just checked my Reddit karma for the first time in ages,
    and it stands at 164,982. I have never engaged in any karma farming.
    That happened all by itself, by participating naturally over time.

    I prefer Usenet because I believe voting is toxic, but I don't believe
    Reddit is exclusionary. It's easy to get started, and the biggest subs
    are free-for-alls with no requirements.
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