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Brian Gaff wrote:
Well maybe, but posting to them is slow and awkward, and ties up some
poor person doing the moderation.

Not really. Most just approve new members and then let them get on with
it. Only moderate if someone gets naughty. You don't check every post.

It is only of course on one server so
if you cannot get to that you cannot read it.

No different in principle from a news server.

There should be no issue
with spam on usenet as simple filters can just zap it pretty fast. also
of course many people put their graphics on dropbox or similar and post
a public link.

That's actually how most forums work. It's your browser which inserts the
picture from the link - the pic isn't uploaded to the forum. But it just
looks like it is.

Thing is regardless of what we dinosaurs think, most have moved on to
forums - and even specialised groups on the likes of Facebook.

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