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LSJ wrote:
| Andreas Nusser wrote:
|
|> I am more curious about consequense, if any! And I am more interested
|> in consequenses (if there are) other than personal consequenses like
|> "we do not like this and so on".
|
| USENET is unregulated in that regard. There are no other consequences
| (unless you count Prisoner's Dilemma consequences, self interest vs.
| enlightened self interest, where this sort of thing signals the end
| of USENET
.
Note that it's a violation of the USENET FAQ to post anything related to
the possible doom of USENET without also including "film at 11".
However, what ends up happening is that since USENET is unregulated,
everyone (each community) is expected to regulate themselves. Typically
the goals of a) retaining the respect of, and b) preserving the
community are sufficient for people to not act counter to each
individual group's FAQ.
When you see people intentionally acting counter to the FAQ, it's
generally an indicator that they don't care about a) or b) anymore.
When _enough_ people do this, the signal to noise ratio becomes
unbearable and the newsgroup becomes useless as the people who care
about content wander off in search of a forum that isn't littered with
trash. So about all you can do is post the FAQ in response as a
reminder to everyone else; "hey, that doesn't belong here."
Parallel: When was the last time you saw someone get a ticket for
littering?
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Derek
TINC
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