Re: Is it time to abandon Usenet for Usenet II?

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Stewart N. Abramson (sna@prophet.pharm.pitt.edu)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 22:00:36 -0400

>The benefits here should be obvious. Usenet II will not suffer from
>inappropriate postings (don't post that topic in that newsgroup), binary
>encoded postings (don't post that content anywhere) or spam (don't even
>_think_ about that kind of content).
I see the same things that you see. But while obvious, they are
anything *but* benefits to me.

>This is the way it once was -- more or less. And for all of the trumped-up
>sensational slogams like "moderation will mean censorship" and "the cabal
>doesn't want you to know this", it really worked quite well. I think it
>can work quite well again, and thus I'm suggesting that we -- as a group --
>consider whether or not we should migrate there en masse.
Personally, I will migrate to where there are fewer people trying to
organize others. Have fun tho.

Sincerely
Stewart

PS. I can see where this conversation could get pretty involved and
somewhat off the topic of this list. I think I have said my bit. No
point in going on and on and on and on about it from my end.

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