In article <vocgk.2297$8R1.182@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Herr Krawdad" <c_l_s3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I've noticed a rapid depopulation of usenet in the last year. I'm not
just
> talking about ARRMO --- I'm talking about all of the NG's I used to
check
> out. They're becoming like goldrush ghost towns. I suppose blogs and
other
> more sosphisticated interactive media are slowly killing the wild west
that
> was once usenet. ISP's are also becoming increasingly hostile to usenet
and
> the rise of sophisticated commercial spambots have made usenet life
almost
> unbearable.
>
> Usenet was always a tough place to survive because it
> was.....well......ungated anarchy, and even many of the seemingly strong
> amongst us eventually broke down and couldn't take it anymore (Sani,
Tripps,
> Letters, occasionally Raddion, etc, etc). Of course, sophisticated
> bot-driven commercial spam and The Wereo were new life forms no one was
> prepared for. Some of us quickly learned what others could not: a guy
like
> Scott is a lot like a vicious black bear: the sooner you play dead and
stop
> wiggling, the sooner he loses interest. I've barely read a post he's
> written in the last few years. Unfortunately, some people just couldn't
> stop wiggling and it drove them to madness.
>
> I think we need to make the transition from usenet. I'd like to create
a
> web-based forum with an eye towards absolutely minimal moderation. If
you
> think about it, the registration process alone would filter out most of
the
> crap. Things like cross-posting across hundreds of NG's in the .alt
> hierarchy would become a thing of the past.
>
> I'd propose that only stuff like commercial spam or TeRRy's ped-fueled
> hatespam (ie, when he created 100's of different addresses to bypass
> killfilters) be the object of outright censor****p. If you can't take
> annoying people in your life, you need to stay at home and turn off the
> computer. I wouldn't ban Scott and I wouldn't ban TeRRy just for being
> conversationally unpalatable. I'd practically pay Tommy to show up.
>
> The tension, the ill-will, the hatred, the mockery, the insensitivity,
the
> hurt feelings, the fits, the Magica reviews. the 30 day absences ----
all of
> these are threads in the big, messed up ball of twine that made ARRMO
great.
> The NG would have been absolutely ****ing horrible with a traditional
> moderator. The things that were awful about usenet were the things that
> were great about usenet.
>
> I think maybe the already-established arrmo.com could be turned into a
> workable forum, but there's a few things I don't like about web-based
> message boards. I yearn for a simple, yet functional forum in which a
> collection of weirdos can freely discuss the inanities of everyday life,
> music, Georgia, bukkake, baphomets, etc, --- free of commercial spam and
> with the nuclear option of banning people who go way beyond simply being
> assholes.
>
> The first thing I don't like about message boards is the lack of a
personal
> killfilter. The killfilter is great. If you didn't like Scott, you
> filtered his posts on usenet. If you liked Scott, you basked in the
wereo.
> To each his own. I'd like to incor****ate such a function in any new
forum
> we created.
>
> I also don't care for all the different forums on traditional messsage
> boards. They're just ****ing annoying. I realize variety is the spice
of
> life, but a single forum would be infinitely more manageable and fun for
> what we like to do: engage in aimless conversation for our own
enjoyment.
> Just like on usenet: if you want to start a topic, you start one. You
> either post in that thread or skip to the next one.
>
> Another problem is that you just can't easily peruse a message board
like
> you can a NG. In a message board, there's only a few posts per page,
> they're cluttered with avatars and signatures, etc. Also, you don't
have
> the option of only viewing the unread messages. You can't just take a
quick
> bird's eye view of the day's developments and pick your spots to jump in
> without wading through an assload of bull****.
>
> I don't think a traditional moderator would be needed, nor would I want
one.
> Censor****p is, quite frankly, for pussies. I would propose one person
who
> would have authority to ban an individual after some sort of vote
amongst
> the registered members. That person wouldn't have zero authority to ban
> individual posts that offended his sensibilities, etc.
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Anyway, I'm technologically retarded. I can only provide silly ideas.
Filtering out various ASSHOLES is easily done if it is coded right. But
retarded idiot assholes like u waste AWL ušr time posting IDIOTIC
NONSENSE rater than spending time learning how to create a board that
fits their needs....which is exactly what I did. Now it is so much
easier to go to MY board for FUN and come here for the pleasure of
ANNOYING u STUPID RETARDED ASSHOLES who are nothing but LESS THAN
USELESS in ušr every thought....and THAT is EXACTY y u are being quickly
reduced to being INVISIBLE.
http://www.diomessageboard.com
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