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Farewell to calgary.general and Usent
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Tom2Tec
2024-01-07 23:44:56 UTC
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Hi,

Once this was a useful place but the spammers and commercialization doomed it and Usenet in general. Bad people do not deserve good things. Someday we may deserve to have decentralized, open and democratic forums but evidently not yet.

We will miss those days, they were special in a way new things are exciting, fresh and useful before they become old, devalued and decayed.

Good night Usenet, secure in your place in our history.
David Dalton
2024-01-08 13:06:47 UTC
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Post by Tom2Tec
Hi,
Once this was a useful place but the spammers and commercialization doomed it
and Usenet in general. Bad people do not deserve good things. Someday we may
deserve to have decentralized, open and democratic forums but evidently not
yet.
We will miss those days, they were special in a way new things are exciting,
fresh and useful before they become old, devalued and decayed.
Good night Usenet, secure in your place in our history.
You can still read and post to calgary.general using a newsreader
such as Agent for Windows, Hogwasher for Mac, Pan for Linux,
or Thunderbird for all three, accessing a newsserver such as
Eternal September, and when Google Groups ends ongoing
Usenet access on February 22 there will be far less spam.
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"And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;
And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)
Rob
2024-01-11 20:11:28 UTC
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Post by David Dalton
Post by Tom2Tec
Hi,
Once this was a useful place but the spammers and commercialization doomed it
and Usenet in general. Bad people do not deserve good things. Someday we may
deserve to have decentralized, open and democratic forums but evidently not
yet.
We will miss those days, they were special in a way new things are exciting,
fresh and useful before they become old, devalued and decayed.
Good night Usenet, secure in your place in our history.
You can still read and post to calgary.general using a newsreader
such as Agent for Windows, Hogwasher for Mac, Pan for Linux,
or Thunderbird for all three, accessing a newsserver such as
Eternal September, and when Google Groups ends ongoing
Usenet access on February 22 there will be far less spam.
I literally just joined the User's Network yesterday. The pipes are
still good! They're just a bit crusty!

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