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- From: masdough@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Dough the Demented)
- Newsgroups: alt.irc
- Subject: Re: Useless Bots
- Message-ID: <Bs10Fo.8u9@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 03:33:00 GMT
- References: <BrnJE2.I9x@cs.dal.ca> <91963@bu.edu> <1992Jul27.004055.16513@nic.umass.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul27.004055.16513@nic.umass.edu>, s6883289@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Peter Hawkins) writes...
- >
- >oh well, the netnews system has been in existence for years and i don't see
- >how it has become an 'unorganized hell-hell' for communication..
-
- News also has moderated boards.. Not anyone can create a newgroup and have it
- accepted worldwide.. Unless it is alt... Now, redo your comparson and you might
- find that News has in own form of bots... They just aren't called bots.
-
- :-)
-
- >most of the problematic channels are those that exist without a well-defined
- >purpose. you rarely see much problems in #initgame, #warez #hack because
- >these channels exist for a specific purpose, you know what to do when you get
- >there and their respective users don't like to see you doing unrelated things.
-
- And the bots are there to make sure that you don't do unrelated things.. (Keeps
- the people from having to control the board instead of being anle to talk.)
-
- There are 2 types of bots - the ones where the owners are assholes.. then there
- are the rest.. Don't get rid of the the bots.. Get rid of the assholes :)
-
- Dough
-