Hello, Kurt.

Tuesday January 25 2011 at 10:15, you wrote to me:

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

I have a bit of experience about that, yes, especially with my political
beliefs since I was the proverbial "turd in the punchbowl" to
spoil their tomfoolery.

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

Keyword is "tried".  The entire time I've been in Fidonet it's
been the "use your own filters" thing.  In fact, with a friend's
help, I had ported an excellent DOS-based twit filter to OS/2-native so I
can use it on people. Thankfully I've not had to use that in a very long
time as the offenders have seen fit to pollute the Internet with their
garbage and make Fidonet a better place with their absence...

Later,
Sean

... So easy, a child could do it.  Child sold separately.
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