Usenet fails, therefore killfiles suck? I still don't see evidence.
Usenet's failure is often attributed to the defaulting to allowing everyone and expecting users to killfile their way to a good experience, which doesn't work for keeping communities vibrant or dealing with spam. Hence, the decline of Usenet as alternatives opened up and Usenet failed to scale to Internet access getting wider.
Collaborative filtering is about the only way to scale.
Or tons of moderation and voting. Seems to work for Reddit.
No more strain or vigilance necessary than a click. I don't find that so taxing.
Trivial inconvenience.
How is that an indictment of collaborative filtering or killfiles? Yeah, they can't solve all problems.
The question is whether they solve any problems. If they're so great, why are they so rare?
Usenet's failure is often attributed to the defaulting to allowing everyone and expecting users to killfile their way to a good experience, which doesn't work for keeping communities vibrant or dealing with spam. Hence, the decline of Usenet as alternatives opened up and Usenet failed to scale to Internet access getting wider.
Got a source? Having previously pretty much lived on Usenet and now not having fired up a newsreader in years - while frequenting reunions of two Usenet groups I used to be on, one on Facebook and one on G+ - I'm interested in anyt...
Below is a message I just got from jackk. Some specifics have been redacted 1) so that we can discuss general policy rather than the details of this specific case 2) because presumption of innocence, just in case there happens to be an innocuous explanation to this.
So... thoughts? I have mod powers, but when I was granted them I was basically just told to use them to fight spam; there was never any discussion of any other policy, and I don't feel like I have the authority to decide on the suitable course of action without consulting the rest of the community.