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Journal ChaosDiscord's Journal: Rant: Web Forums: Ignoring twenty years of work 1

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The problem of allowing online public discussion was first addressed over twenty years ago with mailing lists and Usenet. It was refined into an efficient, high quality experience. Now web forums (aka bulletin boards) are dragging us back into the dark ages of public discussion. Check out the full rant, "Web Forums: Ignoring twenty years of work".
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  • Sorry, I didn't read your link, but I'm very sad to see so many web forums. A lot of them don't even work with google. It's a losing battle, the new kids think usenet is worthless. I haven't convinced anyone otherwise in years.

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