Subj : Re: Most memorable modern
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Boraxman
Date : Fri May 02 2025 08:31:00

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to BORAXMAN <=-

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 >  DW> There used to be a much more varied group of people to have discussions
 >  DW> with.  I can actually remember when you could tell what network message
 >  DW> area you were in because the posters were different from one network to
 >  DW> another.  Now it is mostly the same group in multiple networks.

 > I've noticed that with Usenet as well.  I'll post on a variety of sections,
 > then
 > I'll see similar names up in Politics as I did in the Linux groups.  I'm
seein

 > now that Usenet is a much smaller world after all.

 DW> The Usenet I really loved was the one where it seemed like folks from
 DW> everywhere... often but not always colleges... were on there.  I was
 DW> about to be/fresh out of college during that time and there were always
 DW> a lot of variety in discussions and viewpoints.

I missed most of that sadly.  I always think I was born 10 years too late.

 > Shame, as I would like to speak to a broad range of people.  It seem Reddit
ha

 > become THE big "discussion" forum, with a huge ranger of sub-reddits that
you
 > can join.  But the website sucks balls bad and it seems to have a very
 > "Liberal"
 > bent and a bit of an echo chamber.  Reddit Terminal Viewer makes reddit
 > palatable.  AT least its accessible easy over the phone.  But there is
 > something
 > I don't like about ONE company having such control.  The other discussion
 > forums
 > are good, but single purpose (ie, specifically about computers, or gaming).
 > Maybe I'll check out Matrix.

 DW> Yeah, I don't like it as much when one company has control.  As for the
 DW> bent, that may depend on what groups you are reading but I am not too
 DW> surprised.

You will get that impression if you go to the Reddit "Front Page".  Either
Reddit boost fringe Left politics, or the site just leans that way.   Some of
the news subreddits seem an echo chamber with seemingly no diversity of
opinion.  It certainly doesn't reflect the real world and is very much a
specific subset.




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