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   On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, Rich wrote:   
      
   > D  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, Rich 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> Been there, seen that....  Circa 1995 (I forget which groups now) the   
   >>> text posting volume was so great in the few groups I was following that   
   >>> it was not possible to keep up.  I was always behind, and falling   
   >>> further behind each day.  Eventually the fall behind problem reached a   
   >>> point where I decided to just drop out.  So I disappeared for a good   
   >>> ten years or so.  Of course, when I did return again, Usenet was a   
   >>> shadow of its former self as far as text posting rates go.   
   >>>   
   >>>> It would have to be either a laser focus on a very small nr of   
   >>>> groups, or aggressive filtering of the subject lines.   
   >>>   
   >>> One did have to do both, and even so, the volume was impossible to keep   
   >>> up with if the group was at all active.   
   >>   
   >> This is an interesting problem. How is it solved in modern social media?   
   >   
   > If by "modern social media" you mean the likes of FB and its ilk,   
   > presumably by having "the algorithm" showing you stuff, and then you   
   > just doom scroll through the algorithm driven feed.  And if stuff does   
   > not get put on your feed, you are unaware of its existance.   
   >   
      
   Ah, so probably just setting some keywords in my client and filter based   
   on those. Not a very satisfactory solution.   
      
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