On Wednesday, 5 December 2012 at 22:32:41 UTC, js.mdnq wrote:
Basically your stuck with the nntp protocol and trying to
upgrade it is futile. (and talk about spam, newsgroups are
loaded with them).
Since BB's are pretty popular, free, and usually well designed,
I wouldn't see why it would hurt to even have them in parallel.
Eventually the legacy users will come over from/to the dark
side when they see how much better it is.
We've had big debates about this a couple of times over the years
(I'm firmly in the BB camp and this group is the only reason I
have a newsreader installed). But each debate failed to even make
a dent. The people you need to convince aren't going to be
convinced. Period. So we're going to be stuck with NNTP for a
long time to come.
