why usenet has been effectively wiped off the face of the earth.
$Zero
it's mainly because it was a great place for all manner of people from
all walks of life to gather together and argue with one another.
to openly share their points of view and "knowledge".
to explain why they felt the way they did.
so that those with differing views could better understand each other.
everyone learned from everyone else, even if begrudgingly.
sure, it was messy at times, but overall it was a very good thing.
and THAT is why usenet was effectively wiped off the face of the
earth.
by the usual suspects.
i saw it coming most clearly when MWM was proposed.
a highly moderated writer's forum.
how's that one working out?
is it anything even remotely close to being as valuable and vibrant
and interesting as mw once was?
phooey.
was it ever?
yikes.
anyway, there it is.
...
some pretend to blame it all on the emergence of blogs, FFS.
but we all know what a complete load of shit THAT idea is.
...
so one by one people were chased away from the open public forums.
into pockets of alienation.
(back into, i should say).
by the biggest assholes on planet earth.
and so, only a scant few honest people remain.
and access to all the forums is almost nowhere to be found.
dropped from every major internet provider.
in favor of what?
take three guesses.
-$Zero...
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http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/5f3fd7d4096f5ac3
Just Me
> why usenet has been effectively wiped off the face of the earth.
>
> it's mainly because it was a great place for all manner of people from
> all walks of life to gather together and argue with one another.
>
> to openly share their points of view and "knowledge".
>
> to explain why they felt the way they did.
>
> so that those with differing views could better understand each other.
>
> everyone learned from everyone else, even if begrudgingly.
>
> sure, it was messy at times, but overall it was a very good thing.
>
> and THAT is why usenet was effectively wiped off the face of the
> earth.
>
> by the usual suspects.
>
> i saw it coming most clearly when MWM was proposed.
>
> a highly moderated writer's forum.
>
> how's that one working out?
>
> is it anything even remotely close to being as valuable and vibrant
> and interesting as mw once was?
>
> phooey.
>
> was it ever?
>
Well, they've got two posts over there, as of right now for the entire
month of May, so . . .
>
> some pretend to blame it all on the emergence of blogs, FFS.
>
> but we all know what a complete load of shit THAT idea is.
It's really kind of hard to say just why activity has hit such a low
ebb on Usenet--but it's not just MW, as it seems to have fallen off
pretty much all across the board.
Maybe they're still out there, but so busy taking advantage of all the
free, high quality video porn, they just don't have a free hand for
typing anymore. I don't know. It's quite the mystery. But then, if
you think about it, really, how many people are all that skilled as
what you might call "recreational typists"? I don't know about others
here, but I am personally quite the hotshot at ten finger touch
typing. The only thing I ever have to do by sight is the top row of
keys. But wouldn't you expect that most people are in the "hunter and
pecker" category of typists? Certainly that sort would get worn out
after a while trying to complete with those of us that can blaze away
at upwards of 60 wpm.
Attrition happens! It wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't for the
hostility that soon arises from all those bad typists trying to keep a
hand in here. You've seen 'em, how they get all pissy about it, and
start accusing the keyboard hotshots of "bloviating" and getting way
overly "verbose". And then what they do is they start actually
counting the number of words or lines in your posts--have you seen
that? So funny! And they say, "It took you 200 lines of text just to
blah-blah, blather, fume???" Bunch of sour grapes eaten hunters and
peckerers is all they are--and after a while it's all just too much
for them, they fall by the wayside, and soon, here we are, a highly
pared down community of machine gunner typists who rule the roost. We
should be going by user names like "Machine Gun Kelly Girl" and "Hot
Pinkies McGee" and "Baby Face Remington" and "Pretty Boy Kwerty King."
Survival of the Fittest is all it is. But it really needn't be so,
now that we have voice recognition software with voice to text
applications, for the handicapped, or that is to say, for the Hunterly
and Peckerly Challenged. So wouldn't you think the problem should be
no big whoop?
GOOGLE could easily step into the fray to save the day for Usenet, and
Google Groups overall. They need only set their JAVA applicaton
engineers to work on the matter, to provide a button you can click
that says "Voice to Text Post". You click that, and start speaking
into your microphone. Almost instantaneously you see your words
appearing in the Google Groups text window. Then all a Hunter and
Peckerer need do is click the "Spell Check" to edit out the faulty
conversions.
For punctuation (of the phonetic sort), they need only, finally and
most profitably take advantage of the pioneering work done in the
field all of 60 years ago, thanx to the far-sighted genius of Victor
Borge . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw
And then it will be his hallowed name that goes down in cybernetic
history as the "Man who Saved Usenet" and made it available for "any
complete numb-knuckled idiot" to enjoy.
One thing to be kept in mind is that for Usenet to retain its dignity,
and its character, it must be preserved as text and not as mere audio
chat. For one thing you want that transcript, that textual record.
There must be that essential potential for an edit, for additions and
deletions, cut and paste, the refinement that comes only by seeing
one's words as text on the page (or screen), lest it cease to retain
the character and the class of the written word.
--
JM
http://jpdavid.blogspot.com/
http://bobbisoxsnatchers.blogspot.com
Mark
" Why usenet has been effectively wiped off the face of the earth"
It's mainly because it was a great place for all manner of people
from
all walks of life to gather together and argue with one another,
to openly share their points of view and "knowledge",
to explain why they felt the way they did.
Those with differing views could better understand each other
and everyone learned from everyone else, even if begrudgingly.
Sure, it was messy at times, but overall it was a very good thing,
and THAT is why usenet was effectively wiped off the face of the
earth by the usual suspects.
I saw it coming most clearly when MWM was proposed.
A highly moderated writer's forum. How's that one working out?
Is it anything even remotely close to being as valuable and vibrant
and interesting as mw once was? Phooey.
Was it ever? Yikes. Anyway, there it is.
Some pretend to blame it all on the emergence of blogs, FFS
but we all know what a complete load of shit THAT idea is.
So one by one people were chased away from the open public forums.
into pockets of alienation (back into, i should say) by the biggest
assholes on planet earth and so, only a scant few honest people
remain.
Access to all the forums is almost nowhere to be found.
Dropped from every major internet provider in favor of what?
Take three guesses.
-$Zero...
Grand Mal
"Mark" <blueri...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Take three guesses.
-$Zero...
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It's your fault.
Usenet is dying because I'm not on it much and I'm not on it much because
you're just not very interesting anymore.
Skipper
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<8e98fbb5-f715-447a...@t10g2000vbg.googlegroups.com>,
Alan Hope
>why usenet has been effectively wiped off the face of the earth.
Newsgroups flooded by crazy fuckwit madmen pretending to be writers.
$Zero
> $Zero goes:
>
> >why usenet has been effectively wiped off the face of the earth.
>
> Newsgroups flooded by crazy fuckwit madmen pretending to be writers.
so in your view, it's that there was just too much competition.
it threatened your jackboot-kissing income, aye?
not surprising coming from the two-faced coward whose vote on the MWM
newsgroup was "abstain".
so how's that poem essay coming along, writer-boy?
no, wait... don't tell me...
"Get fucked."
pretending to be writers, indeed.
-$Zero... (Alan'sDesertIslandPoster)...
and the writer isn't writing.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/80294eb99e04e1bf
Skipper
<d563e4c2-15cd-4813...@p4g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,
$Zero <zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
Damn. Hopeless has finally been exposed. Gads.
Alan Hope
>On May 27, 12:43�pm, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> $Zero goes:
>> >why usenet has been effectively wiped off the face of the earth.
>> Newsgroups flooded by crazy fuckwit madmen pretending to be writers.
>so in your view, it's that there was just too much competition.
Yeah right.
>it threatened your jackboot-kissing income, aye?
Who threatened it? You? Dude, what the fuck do you know about working?
>not surprising coming from the two-faced coward whose vote on the MWM
>newsgroup was "abstain".
Was it? How open of me. Let other people do what they want, instead of
trying to control them. See how it worked out?
>so how's that poem essay coming along, writer-boy?
>no, wait... don't tell me...
> "Get fucked."
Took the words right out of my mouth. The only way you'll get any, as
it happens.
>pretending to be writers, indeed.
I don't pretend. I do it every week, and people read it, and they
pronounce it good. And I get paid. Ask a responsible adult to explain
the process to you.
>-$Zero... (Alan'sDesertIslandPoster)...
Living in the past? Whatever you were then, you're not any more. Can't
live on your good looks forever, man. Especially now you're so fucking
ugly.
> and the writer isn't writing.
> http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/80294eb99e04e1bf
Alan Hope
How are things in cult-land these days, cult-boy? Cover up any more
suicides?