Emigration from Usenet [was: Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ...]

[Followup-To: comp.misc]

Athel Cornish-Bowden to Steve Hayes:

Katy Jennison is another RR who doesn't seem to be here
any more. I still see her sometimes on Facebook.

>
Yes, but she specifically announced that she was leaving.

There is an epidemic abroad of people leaving clean, stable,
accessible, and independent venues such as Usenet, Fidonet,
Mailing lists, and IRC, for centralised capitalist
corporate-owned cenusured commercial "products" that are
huge, bloated, tasteless, and require up-to-date hardware,
OS, and software.  To me, this is a reiteration of the story
of the red pottage[1]: selling one's freedom and cleanliness
for immediate comfort.
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1. Genesis 25, 25-34.

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