Comment Well about hostility (Score 1) 357
The way I see it is this..
Every january, the moron factor goes up tenfold on usenet. Why you ask? Same reason aol users are the running joke of the internet.
This time of year, adolescent's are just gearing up there new puters. Christmas is grand aint it. Basically, they hit forums such as Usenet with no regard to how things work, they confuse it with anarchy, and hence the senceless drivel(re: you suck, this sucks, bla bla bla)
As for hostility... Damm right.The commercialisation of net will continue to be the single largest problem. Do any of us really want folks comming in, spewing a bunch of crap they obviously know nothing about? Do you really want aolers comming on and telling folks to tone it down?
For those wishing to live in a buble, stay with AOL, and simular providers, they offer there own discussion boards, and are generally flame free.
For the rest of it, usenet is harsh, its the unscensored truth, it's where people say whats really on there minds without social inhibitions. Thats what makes it so grand. It gives any and everyone the ability to say and discuss, any and everything.
Sometimes it is a little like a scoolyard, execpt the bullies arent twice your size, and your mind is your defence / offence. Much like nature, it's survival of the fittest..
Leace usenet the way it is, in the end, it moderates itself.
Every january, the moron factor goes up tenfold on usenet. Why you ask? Same reason aol users are the running joke of the internet.
This time of year, adolescent's are just gearing up there new puters. Christmas is grand aint it. Basically, they hit forums such as Usenet with no regard to how things work, they confuse it with anarchy, and hence the senceless drivel(re: you suck, this sucks, bla bla bla)
As for hostility... Damm right.The commercialisation of net will continue to be the single largest problem. Do any of us really want folks comming in, spewing a bunch of crap they obviously know nothing about? Do you really want aolers comming on and telling folks to tone it down?
For those wishing to live in a buble, stay with AOL, and simular providers, they offer there own discussion boards, and are generally flame free.
For the rest of it, usenet is harsh, its the unscensored truth, it's where people say whats really on there minds without social inhibitions. Thats what makes it so grand. It gives any and everyone the ability to say and discuss, any and everything.
Sometimes it is a little like a scoolyard, execpt the bullies arent twice your size, and your mind is your defence / offence. Much like nature, it's survival of the fittest..
Leace usenet the way it is, in the end, it moderates itself.
