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Old October 23rd 17, 01:01 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
David B.[_5_]
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Default New Microsoft Communities

A new place to play at Microsoft.

Do, please, pay the site a visit.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/

What do YOU think of it? Better than Usenet?

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Old October 23rd 17, 01:29 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Keith Nuttle
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Default New Microsoft Communities

On 10/23/2017 8:01 AM, David B. wrote:
A new place to play at Microsoft.

Do, please, pay the site a visit.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/

What do YOU think of it?* Better than Usenet?

It has the same problems with all web forums, it is full of
advertisements and it is difficult to scan to see what has been posted.

With a web forum you must scroll through a half dozen or more post to
see what has been posted. With usenet/newsgroups you can see 25 or
more topic and look at only those of interest. If you set your
newsreader to unread it you only see those post made since your last visit.

There is no favorable comparison with Usenet.


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Old October 23rd 17, 01:55 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mayayana
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Default New Microsoft Communities

"Keith Nuttle" wrote

| With a web forum you must scroll through a half dozen or more post to
| see what has been posted. With usenet/newsgroups you can see 25 or
| more topic and look at only those of interest. If you set your
| newsreader to unread it you only see those post made since your last
visit.
|
| There is no favorable comparison with Usenet.

The MS groups are also essentially advertisements.
I haven't used the latest version, but the groups they
started to replace their usenet groups are moderated.
It's not discussion. It's advertising and free customer
support provided by people who agree not to say
anything bad about Microsoft and who want to climb
in the hierarchy of MS experts. (As I recall one can
earn up to 5 "medals" adorning one's posts.

The old model involved Microsoft MVPs, who got
perqs for helping out Windows users on Usenet. An
MVP couldn't be *too* crtitical, but in those days
MS were not trying to hard to actually block critical
discussion. MVPs were not fans so much as real
experts.


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Old October 23rd 17, 02:28 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Big Al[_5_]
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Default OT New Microsoft Communities - What Reader/Client

On 10/23/2017 08:55 AM, Mayayana wrote:
"Keith Nuttle" wrote

| With a web forum you must scroll through a half dozen or more post to
| see what has been posted. With usenet/newsgroups you can see 25 or
| more topic and look at only those of interest. If you set your
| newsreader to unread it you only see those post made since your last
visit.
|
| There is no favorable comparison with Usenet.

The MS groups are also essentially advertisements.
I haven't used the latest version, but the groups they
started to replace their usenet groups are moderated.
It's not discussion. It's advertising and free customer
support provided by people who agree not to say
anything bad about Microsoft and who want to climb
in the hierarchy of MS experts. (As I recall one can
earn up to 5 "medals" adorning one's posts.

The old model involved Microsoft MVPs, who got
perqs for helping out Windows users on Usenet. An
MVP couldn't be *too* crtitical, but in those days
MS were not trying to hard to actually block critical
discussion. MVPs were not fans so much as real
experts.


What reader/client are you using?
It has an odd behavior of using | instead of for quoted text.
Just for my curiosity, not trying to ding anyone.

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Old October 23rd 17, 02:38 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mayayana
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Default OT New Microsoft Communities - What Reader/Client

"Big Al" wrote

| What reader/client are you using?
| It has an odd behavior of using | instead of for quoted text.

I'm using OE6. But it's not the reader. I use
pipes deliberately for clarity. I figure it would
be easier to read multiple quotes if they happened
like:


#
|#
]|#

Something like that. Some others may not
agree. I don't know. But I find it clearer to
mix the symbols rather than just having piles
of on the left side. Of course, good editing
would be even better, but many people are
in the habit of bottom-posting without ever
editing, or doing inline posting without leaving
spaces for clarity. Habits left over from the
old days. They're not going to change.

Do the pipes confound software that colorcodes
for different posters? I've never used anything
like that, so I'm not familiar with the design.


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Old October 23rd 17, 03:30 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mr. Man-wai Chang
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Default New Microsoft Communities

On 23/10/2017 8:29 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
It has the same problems with all web forums, it is full of
advertisements and it is difficult to scan to see what has been posted.


The same happened to newsgroups in Usenet's old days, unless you cached
all messages.

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