[qwph]

"September 1993 will go down in net.history as the September that never ended."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_september

[unalone]

Yeah. But before then, Usenet could regulate itself even with the occasional surge.

This is a surge right now, in part due to the election. If the people who've been here for a while help regulate things and maintain the culture, hopefully things will all settle down.