Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away: Conclusion Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 00:30:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 01:30:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e42ca2082391915d2d0410b07fda7448"; logging-data="3391061"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19w/gEVAaJ8Hwj9HDTpj1hdAX4EN6X9IFSW/YRbgNYOSg==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:43XmKX/2QI2wX8U0sBP/U2Wk6QQ= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 00:18 this Friday (GMT): > On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:54:15 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson > wrote: > >>My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk >>about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my >>life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my >>drive to boost user- and post-count. > > Easy solution there, just do a YT video or a FB post or something to > create awareness about it if you want more users to join Usenet. It's > a be-careful- what-you-wish-for scenario though, it could be another > Eternal September. > > You're right about something though, it really is the last bastion of > free Internet speech. So creating awareness of it could be considered > a positive contribution to society. At least until the type of people > who show up make us wish for regulation :) I don't think having a flood of new users would be as bad as another Eternal September scenario, tbh. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom