Usenet, HTML (was Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry)

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In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I'm talking about using the technology for communication, instead of 
> > reinventing the wheel with crappy web forums.
> 
> What is exactly crappy about those forums?
> 
They are slow

They are inflexible

They are slow

They don't allow the user to choose how to view them, the interface is
imposed on the user.

They are slow

They don't have killfiles or scoring

They are slow

-- 
Chris Green