From: J@M   
      
   On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 17:47:34 -0600, a cat  wrote:   
   >On 6/17/23 5:13 PM, D wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:07:40 -0600, a cat  wrote:   
   >>> I'm new here so I thought I'd say hello!   
   >>   
   >> No "googlespam" on the "eternal-september" nntp server since mid-March,   
   >> but this group (co.general) is quiet as a mouse. The "boulder.general"   
   >> newsgroup is only slightly more active, so maybe Colorado is peaceful   
   >> compared to, for example, the "alt.california" group that is generally   
   >> flooded with propaganda.   
   >   
   >I'm still getting used to all of this, but I had to filter out lots of   
   >hate-filled messages and spam. Maybe I'm doing this wrong?   
      
   Unmoderated newsgroups enjoy the unique distinction of providing equal   
   opportunity for uncensored freespeech in these universal public forums   
   comprising over one hundred thousand newsgroups, the majority of which   
   are inactive or nearly so, but some of which are relatively busy, with   
   dozens or even hundreds of articles per day on average. Thus filtering   
   newsgroup articles is based on experience, discretion, newsreader, etc.   
   Certainly everyone blocks googlegroups, but beyond that is a gray area.   
      
   >> Probably not much to discuss about Colorado,   
   >> execpt maybe the chronic cold, cloudy and wet weather this whole year.   
   >> They say it should warm up a bit starting tomorrow...better late than   
   >> never.   
   >   
   >It's been crazy lately, hasn't it? So much rain!   
      
   Moved here from Marin County, California in 1970, been here ever since   
   and this year has been the most consistently inclement in memory. Whew!   
   >   
   >I don't follow sports, but I guess there's the Nuggets win!   
      
   When I was younger, big league competition sports seemed appealing but   
   exploitation has progressively commodified it as commercial enterprise,   
   but maybe that's how it's always been and getting older simply makes it   
   more obvious? Oscar Wilde would agree on that point "...the only thing".   
      
   >> So what brings you to this nearly uninhabited usenet newsgroup?   
   >   
   >I'm exploring Usenet because I'm tired of centralized, for-profit social   
   >media. I thought I'd do my part by dropping by and saying hello :)   
      
   Yet social media is moderated, which some might prefer to the veritable   
   wild west of uncensored public discussion in this longitude of daylight.   
   E.g. Jimmy Hoffa said "there are criminals on both sides of these bars",   
   and I would observe there are no good guys in a world full of bad guys.   
   But I've been lucky, 65 and never seen the inside except on television.   
   >   
   >What about you? I didn't expect anyone to reply to be honest. What are   
   >you doing here?   
      
   I'm a retired hobbyist, variously active in newsgroups since January 1998,   
   subscribed to about a dozen of them of which only several are very active.   
      
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