Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by rightbyte 896 days ago
Usenet did not have moderators right? Reddit was more of a "run-a-forum as a service".

But the Big Drama made it clear that it's Reddit's forum, not yours. Bait and switch.
2 comments
kergonath 896 days ago
> Usenet did not have moderators right?

It depends on the newsgroup. Some of them did.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup

link
SyberShock 893 days ago
There are still active, moderated newsgroups. The majority of them have dried up, but some are still relevant.
link
gerikson 896 days ago
Usenet did have moderation, as per this Reddit post (ironically):

https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/m2dtcg/us...

Usenet preceded modern social media so the current discussions about who owns content didn't apply.

Reddit was remarkably open in the beginning. Anon accounts, light moderation, open API... it's when they decided to try to extract more value that it became really shitty.

link