Another one bites (the dust):
Can't say I blame them. Many parts of Usenet have become electronic swamps that mothers tell tales about to frighten young children, and the content-to-bandwidth ratio just doesn't justify the time to even read the subject lines.
That's the problem with common lands: someone always overgrazes them.
Bill Horne
Many moderated forums, similar to this one, have migrated to web-based forum, vBulletin being a versitile and commonly used platform.
It really doesn't matter which "group" setting people choose; only that it's not Usenet. The Tragedy of the Commons is repeating itself, and Internet users are starting to retreat to "walled gardens" where they trade diversity of opinion for the safety of sane discourse.
Of course, it costs money. Google and Yahoo have advertiser-supported group venues, and there are a lot of "Bulletin-Board" systems which are dedicated to single-interest groups, and supported by dues.
Bill Horne
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