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On 10/08/09 11:16, Warp wrote:
> I didn't ask why ISPs are dropping support. I asked why people are moving
> from a more versatile medium to a more restricted one.
Beyond the reasons I mentioned elsewhere, there's the simple reason
that most can't figure out how newsgroups work (i.e. getting a
newsreader, etc). While registering for forums is cumbersome, the steps
are straightforward.
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:17:23 -0500, Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieee org> wrote:
>On 10/08/09 15:34, Stephen wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:29:05 +0200, "Gilles Tran"<gil### [at] gmailcom>
>> wrote:
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>>> Web forums support features such as user profiles (pics/avatars,
>>
>> Can you imagine the fun avatars would be here? :-)
>
> If they're not raytraced, you will be booted from the newsgroups...
Quite right! Pall.
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Stephen
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> Well, yes, and therein lies the problem. I've seen this happen dozens of
> times. :-)
That's what the "show latest updated threads" page is for :-)
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On 10/8/2009 11:21 AM, clipka wrote:
> Neeum Zawan schrieb:
>
>> The best system I ever worked with was the various BBS networks
>> (Fidonet, etc). Much better than USENET, much better than web groups,
>> much better than mailing lists...
>
> Ah, good old Fight-o-Net... yeah, those were the days!
Heh Memories ...
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scott wrote:
> That's what the "show latest updated threads" page is for :-)
If I'm searching on google, what makes you think I'm finding threads from
this year, let alone "latest updated"? :-)
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I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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>> That's what the "show latest updated threads" page is for :-)
>
> If I'm searching on google, what makes you think I'm finding threads from
> this year, let alone "latest updated"? :-)
I assume that if you noticed a thread had been moved into a different
category, you'd be visiting the forum regularly. Unless you were unlucky
and the thread was years old but only moved a few days ago and Google hadn't
found the newly moved version yet (then I guess you could use that forum's
search feature, or simply view Google's cached version).
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scott wrote:
>>> That's what the "show latest updated threads" page is for :-)
>>
>> If I'm searching on google, what makes you think I'm finding threads
>> from this year, let alone "latest updated"? :-)
>
> I assume that if you noticed a thread had been moved into a different
> category, you'd be visiting the forum regularly.
No. I said all I find is someone who posts "Your thread was in the wrong
place. I moved it to the right place" without any indication of where the
"right" place is.
@Wheee. Around in circles.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:47:46 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> No. I said all I find is someone who posts "Your thread was in the wrong
> place. I moved it to the right place" without any indication of where
> the "right" place is.
Search by username and approximate date (from the move message),
generally would give you an idea of what they were talking about. :-)
Jim
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scott wrote:
> 3) They are usually way better organised into sub- and sub-sub-forums,
> rather than just a huge list of threads
Yeah right.
In NNTP, you'd create povray.radiosity. In a web forum, there's a
"The official 'I need help with radiosity' thread" with ten thousand posts.
> 6) "Sticky" threads always appear at the top of the list with things like
> the FAQ and anything else related to the subject
Wrong tool for the job. Get a wiki!
I have never been on usenet, but I very much prefer private NNTP servers
like this one to a web-based forum.
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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:25:00 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> In NNTP, you'd create povray.radiosity. In a web forum, there's a "The
> official 'I need help with radiosity' thread" with ten thousand posts.
That depends on the web forum software and administrators understanding
of how to set up what they want. Some forums treat a "thread" as a
subforum, but most that I visit don't do that.
Jim
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