From: usteen@asdf.fi   
      
   Jon Gearhart  wrote:   
      
   > I'm beginning to think a move is in order.  Though many here loathe   
   > google and yahoo groups, if we created an email list, we could select   
   > members from those who request to join.  Messages come directly to   
   > your email inbox on any ISP.  Any thoughts about this?  Alt.Anagrams   
   > is mostly dead these days.   
      
   Quite a bit of USENET has less traffic nowadays, but many (most?) of   
   the people who choose to post to USENET rather than use a Web forum or   
   another single-point-of-failure approach value being able to use the   
   newsreader of their choice and view posts in the order and threading   
   they prefer.  And a newsreader's killfile or score file can make   
   someone who floods the group invisible without anyone needing to   
   report the offender for breaking terms of service on multi-posting   
   etc.   
      
   I like that people can swing by a.a. and say 'hi' to those they   
   recognise from 10 or 15 years ago, or even just steer their newsreader   
   through the anagrams quietly without declaring their presence.   
      
   Just a few thoughts.  Apologies for this getting a bit long.   
      
       ObAnag: 'Too long, didn't read' =   
               End orating OD, dolt!   
      
      
      
   LG   
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