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From: D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
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Subject: Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet?
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 08:32:46 -0600
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On 2/28/25 6:46 PM, Steve Bonine wrote:
> Retro Guy wrote:
> 
>> Also, I don't know why someone is posting short quotes, not opinion on 
>> the
>> quote, and links to Reddit. I, and I'm guessing some others, are not 
>> going
>> to visit Reddit to read the info.
> 
> This is an example of the opinion that re-posts of material from other 
> sources (mailing lists, newsletters, social media) will revive a 
> newsgroup.  If your newsgroup is dying, you can revive it by posting 
> material from other sources.  You have to admit that the article that 
> you are disparaging has resulted in a flurry of activity in the target 
> newsgroups.
> 
> I am not personally a fan of this technique.  My impression is that you 
> end up with low-quality traffic that does not result in any followups in 
> the newsgroup, [...]

The main problem with this particular case of re-posted material is the 
low quality of the material to begin with. It was someone's uninformed 
opinion and musing about Usenet. It was from a person who was unfamiliar 
with the operation of Usenet, as particularly evidenced by the phrase 
"you can't just host your own server."

I question what value Paul Schleck saw in reposting this uninformed or 
ignorant material to the newsgroups. Was it to inform the readers here? 
Was it to entertain us? Or was it for his own entertainment, to read our 
replies for the past several days?