From: tppm@rr.ca.com   
      
   On 10/22/2025 1:02 PM, Blueshirt wrote:   
   >   
   > Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >   
   >> Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> What about the newsgroups that discuss these shows, are they   
   >>> not a part of "fandom" too? I mean, a fan writing something   
   >>> about a sci-fi show for a fanzine or in a Usenet post is   
   >>> pretty similar. A newsgroup could even be considered an   
   >>> online fanzine!   
   >>   
   >> Yes. The rec.arts.sf.fandom group could be thought of as a   
   >> metagroup for discussing those groups. It's not a fanzine,   
   >> it's a place where people discuss fanzines.   
   >   
   > Oh goodie... we'll have to start some threads here about "Doctor   
   > Who" fanzines so!   ;-)   
   >   
   >>>> In recent days the unwanted Dr. Who slop has exceeded all   
   >>>> other traffic in that newsgroup, threatening to destroy it.   
   >>>   
   >>> How can traffic destroy a newsgroup? Traffic keeps it alive.   
   >>> You are free to use filters or killfiles to ignore the   
   >>> posts/posters that you don't want to see and/or read though.   
   >>   
   >> That's what we do for the most part.   
   >   
   > Proper order. That's the correct way to read Usenet newsgroups.   
   >   
   >> All of the Dr. Who threads in r.a.s.f come from one person   
   >> and if people would trim the newsgroups line when replying   
   >> to him, we wouldn't see any of the trash.   
   >   
   > That's a valid complaint. Although in fairness, 'he' didn't   
   > actually start this thread.   
   >   
   >>> Also, who decides what content is wanted and unwanted on any   
   >>> specific newsgroup? Surely the readers of any newsgroup   
   >>> exercise their own judgement by using the aforesaid filter   
   >>> mechanisms to decide what content they read, or ignore?   
   >>   
   >> Well, there is a newsgroup charter after all.   
   >   
   > Nobody here seems to be complaining about the "The government   
   > shutdown" thread. Is that [off-topic] subject mentioned in this   
   > newsgroup's charter? Plus, the person who started that thread   
   > didn't even mark it as OT!   
   >   
   > We were also discussing learning to drive and electronic   
   > cars here a few weeks back too, I can't recall seeing anybody   
   > complaining about that discussion either.   
   >   
   >    
      
   Actually, the Doctor Who discussions are more on topic than those.  The   
   people in the Doctor Who discussions are fans of a StFnal TV series,   
   i.e. a fandom of an SF art.   
      
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