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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Piece of shit iOS has absolutely zero privacy for God's sake
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:38:12 -0000 (UTC)
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Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2024-11-27 09:12, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
>> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>>> On 2024-11-24 23:04, -hh wrote:
>>> 
>>>> No, I
>>> 
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>> I fully agree with you, but find this a losing battle. <S>
> 
> 
> It doesn't matter.  I've found many other groups where there are more 
> people who are:
> 
> -polite
> -humble and/or genuinely subject matter experts (and not snide about it)
> -can talk about a shortcoming of iPhones v. Android w/o making it a 
> black and white battle for the souls of the human race
> -broader range of valuable inputs and insights
> -no trolls (not very long anyway)
> -no moderation delay - but a-holes get ejected within hours if not minutes
> 
> So I tell myself at least once per week not to bother coming here ... 
> and one day (probably soon) I will heed my own advice.  And by "here" I 
> mean usenet (I use about 6 NG's).
> 
> A surprising "venue" that I'd never used is Telegram.  A local group of 
> tech enthusiasts use it and I've joined in for a narrow participation 
> around a particular system.  (Très nerd).
> I find the Telegram format to be very pleasant.  Seems to be moderated 
> but I don't see moderation occurring.
> 
> Reddit is a vast area and it's hard to find "the right place" (I don't 
> spend enough time on it, so hard to find "the right place").

Once you use it a bit more regularly it's not that hard; r/ios and r/iphone
are decent. Trolls like arlen just can't survive there. The problem with
technical subs is that they are full of newbies asking non-technical
questions. 

There's a niche usenet could fill if it wasn't for all the trolls and
bickering.