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[Mark Cudworth]

"Then when Google took it over, ..."

"the stuff that goes on at google..."

I would just like to point out that Google never "took over" rec.photo.equipment.large-format, and in fact Google has no relationship to rec.photo.equipment.large-format outside of archiving the posts and acting as an interface to posting and reading. rec.photo.equipment.large-format is a Usenet newsgroup, and one can participate on the newsgroup without ever using Google. (Indeed, Usenet pre-dates Google, DejaNews (the archive Google purchased) and even the World Wide Web!)

Usenet is, for lack of a better term, slightly structured anarchy. The fact that the large-format group is unmoderated makes it easier to understand why flame-wars can be prevalent. For a real education on flame-wars, check out rec.photo.equipment.35mm!

[Josh Wand]

For instance, last week I posted a Leica equipment question and the thread devolved into a debate about a poster's comments being racist.



Ah, Godwin's Law.