XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2023-02-04 15:40, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   > On 4/2/2023 6:51 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>   
   >> For a company doing user support a web forum seems to have advantages.   
   >> They (as administrator) can remove posts, remove posters, edit posts   
   >> (even of other people), have private messages... Ah, and add photos,   
   >> which on Windows issues do help.   
   >   
   > I don't remmeber M$ newsgroups in Usenet being spammed or abused. I   
   > dunno whether they were moderated back then ...   
      
   It was another time.   
      
   I understand that nntp can be moderated, so probably an administrator   
   can remove posts (but maybe that doesn't always propagate).   
      
   They have more control this way, and people seem to like web forums.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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