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

On Wed, 24 Jul 2024, Anton Shepelev wrote:

[Followup-To: comp.misc]
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Athel Cornish-Bowden to Steve Hayes:
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Katy Jennison is another RR who doesn't seem to be here
any more. I still see her sometimes on Facebook.

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Yes, but she specifically announced that she was leaving.

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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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It is a shame, but when I walk the city streets and see the young with their faces in their smart phones, I am not surprised. You get all the evils as preinstalled little icons, and the good stuff requires a few hoops to jump through.
But I do wonder if there will be a movement away from the corporate islands eventually?