[rescue] Old school usenet

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Tue Mar 23 13:31:05 CDT 2010


On 03/23/10 14:10, John Floren wrote:
> I think it would be nice to have USENET with a slightly higher barrier
> to entry than currently. Google Groups has basically brought us to the
> point where anybody with a browser can post.

"AIM is connecting to the real Internet.  Now just *anyone* can get on
USENET.  *MY MOTHER* can get on Usenet."

(I forget who said it....)


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