From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Wed, 7 Nov 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Same for me.   
      
   >> 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!   
      
   Well, I grant you that with my terminal based, key driven interface, I   
   breeze through posts way, way quicker than a web forum. But even that is   
   not enough if the content would be 10x.   
      
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