XPost: alt.fan.usenet, alt.culture.usenet, news.groups   
   From: pschleck@panix.com   
      
   "The discussion of scientific or technical topics on Usenet has often   
   wound up as a dichotomy between an advanced academic newsgroup and one   
   that is overwhelmed with kooky or naive laypeople with pet theories,   
   pie-in-the-sky proposals, and flawed proofs of long-standing challenges   
   in fields (Fermat's Theorem being most popular). Throw in some obviously   
   unbalanced individuals, personal attacks, repetitive agenda posting,   
   public meltdowns, and the inevitable detour into political arguments,   
   and these newsgroups became unusable for purpose."   
      
   https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/zzw4ar/subject_m   
   tter_newsgroups_threading_the_needle/   
      
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