Re: Hmph. There IS something wrong with Usenet.

From: Nae (pithy_at_millenicom.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:00:59 -0400

Well I am sure confused. I saw the Gateway. Went there. Saw all the
Usenet posts, even posted an answer to one ... that never showed up
here, or at least not through my newsreader ... so, does that mean the
folks at Scribera can read scimed and even reply to posts there in their
own forum ... but those of us on scimed will not see those replies
unless we go there to read them? Gotta hand it to them ... pretty slick
Willie <gg>

Obviously I am not the only one stumbling across that question as
someone else posted on Scribera asking the very same thing and that post
does not show in my newsreader either ... put more bluntly ... smells
suspiciously like hijacking the posts from scimed to lure people to
Scribera under some pretty darn ambiguous pretenses ... including that
of the main page showing scimed posts as being "forum" traffic for that
site. While I guess Usenet posts are public domain to do whatever
anybody feels like ... "tweaking the Gateway" is not exactly what I
would call truth in advertising ...

Nae

Raspie wrote:
> They are still tweaking the Gateway, but you can register at the
> Scribera main site here http://tinyurl.com/4xfv2
>
> Use your Scribera username and password to log into the Gateway. There
> is a little quirk when you respond to an existing post because the
> "title" in the response box is empty. You have to type the title -->
> "Re: Hmph. There IS something wrong with Usenet"
>
> Other than that, the Gateway seems to be working fine. But like I
> mentioned, they are still tweaking the software.
>
> The Gateway accesses SMT through a simple and familiar forum-based
> format. It is a convenient service for members who are not technically
> inclined, don't know how to use a newsreader or install special
> software, don't want to pay for a newsfeed subscription, or if their
> ISP does not have a news server.
>
> Another format is possible other than forum-based. It is possible to
> program a mailing list format similar to OE or other newsreaders with a
> kill file (if you don't want to read some threads). The mailing list
> format will probably be offered as an option once the forum-format is
> perfected.
>