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It's true that no unmoderated group (alt or otherwise) has enforceable rules. If they did, we'd see a lot less spam but a lot more censorship. Nevertheless, there's a reason Usenet has lots of different newsgroups, rather than one big one. There's value in following a consensus about what things belong where. Everybody (except spammers) benefits.
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