> Mazda Motor Logistics Europe NV, Blaasveldstraat 162, B-2830 Willebroek VAT BE 0406.024.281, RPR Mechelen, ING 310-0092504-52, IBAN : BE64 3100 0925 0452, SWIFT : BBRUBEBB -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yong Huang > Sent: zondag 2 september 2012 20:54 > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Community support > > > 10 years ago, NNTP seemed to be the "place to be" to ask questions and > > get answers from the general Linux community. > > > > I've been out of touch for several years, and have seen, for example, > > Microsoft completely drop NNTP and replace it with its own web-based > > forums. > > > > Is NNTP still the best community-based support forum? I don't know > > know if my ISP still supports it as they use to have a local cache of > > the majority of the groups at the time... > > > > Marco > > I used to use it a lot. But there're at least two major reasons why it slowly > falls into disuse. Popular use and the convenience of web forums is one. The > other is failed control of spam, "flames" (as was called back then), and all > sorts of unprofessional remarks, all of which would be well controlled on a > web forum with a human moderator. Google bought DejaNews many years > ago so the inconvenience of using Usenet as such was eliminated (we could > use http://groups.google.com). Google attempted to solve the second > problem by providing a link "Report as spam" (something like that) but it was > useless. > > Nowadays, IT or computer related newsgroups are almost always full of > spam. But non-IT groups, such as alt.home.repair, are quite active, and for > some magic reason, are rarely spammed. Actually, I only go there through > Google's web interface > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/alt.home.repair) > so even if it's not a Usenet newsgroup behind the scenes, I can't tell. > > Yong Huang Hi, I recently found the stackexchange websites to be very useful. Through their system of votes spam and off-topic questions are largely avoided. Specifically: http://superuser.com/ http://unix.stackexchange.com/ http://serverfault.com/ Regards Bram -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
