-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Eric Oulashin <=-

 SD> In several echoes that's still very much the case.  Check out
 SD> FTSC_PUBLIC around FTSC election time (November-December every year).
 SD> You'll see more sh*t-slinging in there than primetime at the monkey
 SD> cage at the zoo.


I've been involved in enough parent/teacher groups that the FTSC seems
sane. You should see Type-A parents around election time at a
crunchy-granola co-op pre-school.

 EO> I can understand that..  It seems that FidoNet has always been fairly
 EO> moderated with rules, whereas Usenet is not.

 SD> Fidonet has always been controlled anarchy, just like USENET.

True, but Fidonet has tried to bolt-on a moderation/control structure onto
a resilient network whereas usenet has relied on a "drink from the firehose
and manage your own kill filters" approach.

--kW


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