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    From diana anderson@lwinner4@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Sunday, July 03, 2022 14:24:21
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    So who is the content moderator on this group to give me permission to delete these stupid idiot worthless spam sellers that post 90% non-pinball related topics enough of this shit already
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  • From Idlehands@hidefromu@hushmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Sunday, July 03, 2022 15:53:22
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On 2022-07-03 3:24 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    So who is the content moderator on this group to give me permission to delete these stupid idiot worthless spam sellers that post 90% non-pinball related topics enough of this shit already

    Welcome to Usenet, the wild wild west of the Internet, as a rule there
    are no moderators and no censors. Google has invaded this world which
    has brought a number of spam artists.

    The best thing is to get a Newsreader, subscribe to a Usenet service,
    Eternal September is free, and use your kill files to eliminate the
    nonsense.

    I like Thunderbird as a newsreader.
    --
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  • From diana anderson@lwinner4@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Sunday, July 03, 2022 15:40:46
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:53:38 PM UTC-7, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2022-07-03 3:24 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    So who is the content moderator on this group to give me permission to delete these stupid idiot worthless spam sellers that post 90% non-pinball related topics enough of this shit already
    Welcome to Usenet, the wild wild west of the Internet, as a rule there
    are no moderators and no censors. Google has invaded this world which
    has brought a number of spam artists.

    The best thing is to get a Newsreader, subscribe to a Usenet service, Eternal September is free, and use your kill files to eliminate the nonsense.

    I like Thunderbird as a newsreader.

    --
    You don't see this on Pinside or Mr. pinball newsgroup's same rule should apply here!
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  • From Idlehands@hidefromu@hushmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Sunday, July 03, 2022 22:03:20
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On 2022-07-03 4:40 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:53:38 PM UTC-7, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2022-07-03 3:24 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    So who is the content moderator on this group to give me permission to delete these stupid idiot worthless spam sellers that post 90% non-pinball related topics enough of this shit already
    Welcome to Usenet, the wild wild west of the Internet, as a rule there
    are no moderators and no censors. Google has invaded this world which
    has brought a number of spam artists.

    The best thing is to get a Newsreader, subscribe to a Usenet service,
    Eternal September is free, and use your kill files to eliminate the
    nonsense.

    I like Thunderbird as a newsreader.

    --
    You don't see this on Pinside or Mr. pinball newsgroup's same rule should apply here!

    Well this is Usenet, not a website forum like Pinside or Mr. Pinball,
    totally different, here you moderate your own view which is why Google
    Groups suck.

    Thunderbird reader and Eternal-September allows me to killfile the drug dealers and other idiots so I only see actual Pinball posts.

    Usenet also eliminates the soap opera around moderators and there's no
    button begging for donations.
    --
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  • From Lloyd Olson@originallloydthegreat@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Monday, July 04, 2022 09:49:44
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 4:24:26 PM UTC-5, lwin...@gmail.com wrote:
    So who is the content moderator on this group to give me permission to delete these stupid idiot worthless spam sellers that post 90% non-pinball related topics enough of this shit already

    There isn't one.

    RGP is on Usenet, not the Internet, where most people now access it on Google, which is also on the internet.

    It used to be you used a newsreader to read RGP on Usenet. Usenet I believe started out between universities and colleges and gave birth to everything else.

    LTG : )
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  • From John Robertson@spam@flippers.com to rec.games.pinball on Monday, July 04, 2022 15:32:26
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On 2022/07/03 3:40 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:53:38 PM UTC-7, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2022-07-03 3:24 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    So who is the content moderator on this group to give me permission to delete these stupid idiot worthless spam sellers that post 90% non-pinball related topics enough of this shit already
    Welcome to Usenet, the wild wild west of the Internet, as a rule there
    are no moderators and no censors. Google has invaded this world which
    has brought a number of spam artists.

    The best thing is to get a Newsreader, subscribe to a Usenet service,
    Eternal September is free, and use your kill files to eliminate the
    nonsense.

    I like Thunderbird as a newsreader.

    --
    You don't see this on Pinside or Mr. pinball newsgroup's same rule should apply here!

    Welcome to the Wild West that is Usenet.

    Totally unmoderated - and impossible to moderate if they (who is this
    they now?) wanted to. It rides on the backbone of the Internet and is
    just as wild now as when I first heard about it in the mid-90s. Usenet
    has been running since late 1989 or so if I am not mistaken. Used to be
    pretty much all university folks here as universities had the access,
    then ISPs (Internet Service Providers) started carrying it to entice
    people to join their service. However perhaps ten or so years ago ISPs
    started dropping access to Usenet and so folks had to join Eternal
    September, GigaNews and other providers to continue getting it.

    It is a small, but friendly crowd, is RGP (rec.games.pinball) - used to
    have hundreds of messages a week back in the day...

    John :-#)#
    --
    (Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup)
    John's Jukes Ltd.
    MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
    (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
    www.flippers.com
    "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
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  • From Dan Espen@dan1espen@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Monday, July 04, 2022 19:22:20
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> writes:

    On 2022/07/03 3:40 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:53:38 PM UTC-7, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2022-07-03 3:24 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    So who is the content moderator on this group to give me permission to delete these stupid idiot worthless spam sellers that post 90% non-pinball related topics enough of this shit already
    Welcome to Usenet, the wild wild west of the Internet, as a rule there
    are no moderators and no censors. Google has invaded this world which
    has brought a number of spam artists.

    The best thing is to get a Newsreader, subscribe to a Usenet service,
    Eternal September is free, and use your kill files to eliminate the
    nonsense.

    I like Thunderbird as a newsreader.

    --
    You don't see this on Pinside or Mr. pinball newsgroup's same rule should apply here!

    Welcome to the Wild West that is Usenet.

    Totally unmoderated - and impossible to moderate if they (who is this
    they now?) wanted to.

    There are moderated news groups:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup#Moderated_newsgroups
    --
    Dan Espen
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  • From John Robertson@spam@flippers.com to rec.games.pinball on Monday, July 04, 2022 16:54:16
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On 2022/07/04 4:22 p.m., Dan Espen wrote:
    John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> writes:

    On 2022/07/03 3:40 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:53:38 PM UTC-7, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2022-07-03 3:24 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    So who is the content moderator on this group to give me permission to delete these stupid idiot worthless spam sellers that post 90% non-pinball related topics enough of this shit already
    Welcome to Usenet, the wild wild west of the Internet, as a rule there >>>> are no moderators and no censors. Google has invaded this world which
    has brought a number of spam artists.

    The best thing is to get a Newsreader, subscribe to a Usenet service,
    Eternal September is free, and use your kill files to eliminate the
    nonsense.

    I like Thunderbird as a newsreader.

    --
    You don't see this on Pinside or Mr. pinball newsgroup's same rule should apply here!

    Welcome to the Wild West that is Usenet.

    Totally unmoderated - and impossible to moderate if they (who is this
    they now?) wanted to.

    There are moderated news groups:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup#Moderated_newsgroups



    Right, and I used to sent the odd joke to the moderator of
    rec.humor.funny - which was moderated - and even had one or two
    published...

    The stuff you forget!

    John :-#)#
    --
    (Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup)
    John's Jukes Ltd.
    MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
    (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
    www.flippers.com
    "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
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  • From Chas Gantz@cegan@fisherautoparts.com to rec.games.pinball on Friday, July 15, 2022 05:51:23
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 6:40:50 PM UTC-4, lwin...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:53:38 PM UTC-7, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2022-07-03 3:24 p.m., diana anderson wrote:
    So who is the content moderator on this group to give me permission to delete these stupid idiot worthless spam sellers that post 90% non-pinball related topics enough of this shit already
    Welcome to Usenet, the wild wild west of the Internet, as a rule there
    are no moderators and no censors. Google has invaded this world which
    has brought a number of spam artists.

    The best thing is to get a Newsreader, subscribe to a Usenet service, Eternal September is free, and use your kill files to eliminate the nonsense.

    I like Thunderbird as a newsreader.

    --
    You don't see this on Pinside or Mr. pinball newsgroup's same rule should apply here!


    You are dealing with apples and oranges
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