From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   D  wrote:   
   > This is the truth! As a thought experiment I sometimes think about how I   
   > would be able to handle usenet if it had 10x the nr of posts, and I don't   
   > think I would.   
   >   
   > It would have to be either a laser focus on a very small nr of groups, or   
   > aggressive filtering of the subject lines.   
      
   True, although in desperation for content my focus has expanded to   
   lurking in groups I'm barely interested in. I might not mind   
   needing to narrow my focus back a lot.   
      
   > I don't know how else I would be able to handle 10x the content.   
      
   What I don't know is how people handle 10x this content on popular   
   Web forums. On Usenet you can skip through things quickly with an   
   interface of your choice. On a Web forum just ten new threads in   
   five sub-forums are a chore to navigate through, and then you have   
   things like "mega" threads that are hundreds of pages of flat   
   posts. I've never worked out how people cope with those, let alone   
   prefer them!   
      
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