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A periodic request
Aug. 9th, 2008 01:18 pmDoes anyone know of a good tool for reading Livejournal with a Usenet-style newsreader?
I've said before that my biggest problem with web-based discussion boards is that they replicated all of the problems of Usenet without* giving the user the flexibility that was built into even the most primitive newsreaders. I mean, killfiles and scoring and "mark this post unread" are technologies that are absolutely archaic, over twenty-five years old, bear skins and flint knives-level stuff, but I can't use them on LJ.
To use the jargon of a past age, newsreaders empower users by allowing them to control the flow of messages. Why should we put up with their absence?
*Generally.
I've said before that my biggest problem with web-based discussion boards is that they replicated all of the problems of Usenet without* giving the user the flexibility that was built into even the most primitive newsreaders. I mean, killfiles and scoring and "mark this post unread" are technologies that are absolutely archaic, over twenty-five years old, bear skins and flint knives-level stuff, but I can't use them on LJ.
To use the jargon of a past age, newsreaders empower users by allowing them to control the flow of messages. Why should we put up with their absence?
*Generally.
