Re: What can AOL provide that you cannot find on the Net

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Post #25,480

by wharris2

1/24/02 12:46:27 PM

Re: What can AOL provide that you cannot find on the Net

Back when I used Compuserve, they provided a number of reasonably civil (sometimes moderated) forums and chat areas that you can't usually find on Usenet or IRC.

I suppose AOL has a similar setup.

Internet discussion group places like ziwethey are few and far between. Trying to discuss stuff on Slashdot? Hah. Kuro5hin? Almost as bad.

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-- Donald Knuth

Post #25,600

by nking

1/24/02 5:32:06 PM

Oh really? Mark Two.

You mean like Ezboard? :)

But anyway if AOL has forums, tons of other websites have forums that can just as easily be used. Even if AOL forums may not be accessable by the web, someone else already provides the same services elsewhere.

Does AOL provide moderation of forums? This is something that Ezboard and Yahoo lack, they let the script kiddies, lamers, spammers, and other evil doers take control of the forums/clubs. Usually it is up to founders or forum owners to clean them up, but very few actually do. Some just create the forum or club and then leave.

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LA Times: AOL Negotiating to Buy RED HAT! - (Andrew Grygus) - (100) - Jan. 19, 2002, 11:50:34 AM EST

Nooo! Nooo! Nyet! Nine! Narf! Nunka! - (nking) - (49) - Jan. 19, 2002, 12:48:11 PM EST

Two things . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (47) - Jan. 19, 2002, 01:05:50 PM EST

Oh like it helped Netscape, ICQ? - (nking) - (44) - Jan. 19, 2002, 01:07:23 PM EST

Misconception . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - Jan. 19, 2002, 01:25:06 PM EST

That wasn't what I said - (nking) - (7) - Jan. 19, 2002, 01:35:14 PM EST

Counter platform? - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Jan. 19, 2002, 02:36:51 PM EST

Counter Counter Platform - (nking) - (4) - Jan. 20, 2002, 12:59:08 PM EST

Continued, Post-Monster Kids - (nking) - (2) - Jan. 20, 2002, 05:31:42 PM EST

OT: 5 hrs. at the mall Norm? Sheeesh! -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2002, 09:17:56 AM EST

Nope, 15 minutes at the mall, 4 hours at Grandma's house - (nking) - Jan. 21, 2002, 11:48:41 AM EST

Errrr . . Norm? - (Andrew Grygus) - Jan. 21, 2002, 03:24:29 PM EST

Netscape and Mozilla - (Andrew Grygus) - Jan. 19, 2002, 02:45:36 PM EST

Eh? - (pwhysall) - (34) - Jan. 21, 2002, 07:29:35 AM EST

AOL whoas - (nking) - (33) - Jan. 21, 2002, 12:01:49 PM EST

Re: AOL whoas - (pwhysall) - (32) - Jan. 21, 2002, 12:17:13 PM EST

if I had my choice between using AOL or not having Net - (nking) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2002, 06:34:26 PM EST

More about AOL - (nking) - Jan. 21, 2002, 07:06:56 PM EST

Excuse me...? - (jb4) - (29) - Jan. 22, 2002, 10:26:38 AM EST

Crap? - (pwhysall) - (28) - Jan. 22, 2002, 12:32:09 PM EST

Then stop genuflecting there... - (jb4) - (7) - Jan. 22, 2002, 01:53:15 PM EST

/me slaps jb4 about with a large trout - (pwhysall) - (3) - Jan. 22, 2002, 01:59:21 PM EST

is that a seagoing, fresh water or racerack trout? me dux -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Jan. 22, 2002, 02:06:13 PM EST

Given my history in the '70s... - (jb4) - Jan. 22, 2002, 02:20:59 PM EST

/me slaps the Shill about with a large Cod - (jb4) - Jan. 22, 2002, 02:29:31 PM EST

Occham was all marketing... - (mhuber) - (2) - Jan. 24, 2002, 12:34:14 AM EST

A more complex hypothesis - (nking) - Jan. 24, 2002, 01:24:14 AM EST

______________________S _Shhhhhhhh you fool.. - (Ashton) - Jan. 25, 2002, 06:30:28 PM EST

I've already proven that AOL is crap - (nking) - (19) - Jan. 22, 2002, 05:11:20 PM EST

You've done no such thing. - (bepatient) - (18) - Jan. 22, 2002, 10:36:02 PM EST

Sure, I am not alone - (nking) - (17) - Jan. 23, 2002, 02:18:50 AM EST

Why AOL Don't Suck - (pwhysall) - (16) - Jan. 23, 2002, 02:33:12 AM EST

AOL does suck, McDonald's syndrome - (nking) - (13) - Jan. 23, 2002, 02:34:32 AM EST

I see we are at that point... - (pwhysall) - (11) - Jan. 23, 2002, 02:56:16 AM EST

I'll repeat myself again - (nking) - (9) - Jan. 23, 2002, 03:16:20 AM EST

Why bother... - (bepatient) - (8) - Jan. 23, 2002, 08:14:09 AM EST

Oh really? - (nking) - (7) - Jan. 23, 2002, 01:05:56 PM EST

AOL keeps changing - (drewk) - Jan. 23, 2002, 01:36:49 PM EST

Really - (bepatient) - (5) - Jan. 23, 2002, 04:42:27 PM EST

What can AOL provide that you cannot find on the Net - (nking) - (4) - Jan. 23, 2002, 11:25:22 PM EST

Don't be sorry... - (bepatient) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2002, 11:46:07 PM EST

whether you like it or not - (nking) - Jan. 23, 2002, 11:56:03 PM EST

Re: What can AOL provide that you cannot find on the Net - (wharris2) - (1) - Jan. 24, 2002, 12:46:27 PM EST

Oh really? Mark Two. - (nking) - Jan. 24, 2002, 05:32:06 PM EST

Peter, I see a quite larger reason to work against AOL - (Ashton) - Jan. 23, 2002, 06:48:22 AM EST

Hey! Watchit! Leave the Cubbies outta this! ;-) -NT - (jb4) - Jan. 23, 2002, 09:16:28 AM EST

By that...er, "logic"... - (jb4) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2002, 09:15:11 AM EST

Re: By that...er, "logic"... - (pwhysall) - Jan. 23, 2002, 11:06:08 AM EST

Monopolizing all electronic delivery on the net. - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 20, 2002, 04:13:14 PM EST

The Reg wears differently-colored glasses - (Ashton) - Jan. 20, 2002, 05:33:43 PM EST

Actually, it might be better turned around the other way. - (static) - Jan. 20, 2002, 04:53:21 AM EST

Re: LA Times: AOL Negotiating to Buy RED HAT! - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 19, 2002, 01:57:05 PM EST

Rumors anyway, anything proven? - (nking) - (1) - Jan. 20, 2002, 05:34:41 PM EST

Robert Young: "No Comment". - (Andrew Grygus) - Jan. 21, 2002, 12:31:55 PM EST

Re: Register speaks .... - (dmarker2) - (37) - Jan. 21, 2002, 09:12:00 AM EST

I don't get it. - (bepatient) - (36) - Jan. 21, 2002, 10:15:51 AM EST

Re: You could well be right. - (dmarker2) - (35) - Jan. 21, 2002, 11:42:26 PM EST

What happens after the AOl buyout - (nking) - Jan. 22, 2002, 02:38:35 AM EST

Look at Mozilla - (Andrew Grygus) - (33) - Jan. 22, 2002, 05:12:18 AM EST

This is my point. - (bepatient) - (32) - Jan. 22, 2002, 10:28:25 PM EST

Not so - (nking) - (9) - Jan. 23, 2002, 02:24:45 AM EST

Re: Not so - (pwhysall) - (8) - Jan. 23, 2002, 02:48:26 AM EST

AOL trouble - (nking) - (3) - Jan. 23, 2002, 03:03:13 AM EST

Enough with the lemons, you two. - (static) - (2) - Jan. 23, 2002, 05:31:27 AM EST

We also forgot - (nking) - Jan. 23, 2002, 01:08:46 PM EST

One more lemon - (wharris2) - Jan. 23, 2002, 01:46:32 PM EST

AOL client has killed VPNs I've worked with before. - (imric) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2002, 06:23:21 AM EST

Thanks for your support - (nking) - Jan. 23, 2002, 01:12:37 PM EST

AOL has their own winsock that is incompatible with other - (boxley) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2002, 09:38:12 AM EST

AOL mucking up the OS - (nking) - Jan. 23, 2002, 01:14:28 PM EST

BeeP, please see my post above - (Ashton) - (21) - Jan. 23, 2002, 07:05:22 AM EST

Sure... - (bepatient) - (20) - Jan. 23, 2002, 10:25:08 AM EST

Yes.. all true-ish. Sorta. - (Ashton) - (19) - Jan. 23, 2002, 06:11:23 PM EST

You seem to have a decidedly US-centric view... - (bepatient) - (18) - Jan. 23, 2002, 09:32:26 PM EST

You are making the distinction correctly - (Ashton) - (17) - Jan. 23, 2002, 10:09:29 PM EST

Still... - (bepatient) - (13) - Jan. 23, 2002, 11:01:27 PM EST

Censorship and freedom of speech - (nking) - (12) - Jan. 23, 2002, 11:20:53 PM EST

AOL is under no obligation... - (bepatient) - (11) - Jan. 23, 2002, 11:51:03 PM EST

So they can violate the rights of US citizens - (nking) - (10) - Jan. 24, 2002, 12:01:06 AM EST

They're not, though. - (pwhysall) - (9) - Jan. 24, 2002, 02:18:56 AM EST

That is like saying - (nking) - (8) - Jan. 24, 2002, 09:07:55 AM EST

Doh! back atcha Norm. - (Silverlock) - (5) - Jan. 24, 2002, 09:25:18 AM EST

Customers and users still have rights - (nking) - (4) - Jan. 24, 2002, 06:03:42 PM EST

Wow...there are some good ones there... - (bepatient) - (3) - Jan. 24, 2002, 07:21:14 PM EST

You may have a point - (nking) - (2) - Jan. 24, 2002, 07:45:16 PM EST

Think. - (bepatient) - (1) - Jan. 24, 2002, 08:26:07 PM EST

Think again - (nking) - Jan. 25, 2002, 01:06:57 PM EST

Getting a little off base, aren't we? - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Jan. 24, 2002, 09:44:00 AM EST

Thanks AG...saved me some typing. -NT - (bepatient) - Jan. 24, 2002, 02:11:01 PM EST

Hmm, what about this - (drewk) - (2) - Jan. 24, 2002, 09:34:48 AM EST

Nothing can legally be done 'to' AOL, - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2002, 08:29:34 AM EST

Of course it cannot - (nking) - Jan. 25, 2002, 01:01:41 PM EST

But what about SuSE? - (jb4) - Jan. 21, 2002, 09:12:21 AM EST

The Marti hypothesis - (kmself) - Jan. 21, 2002, 11:49:12 AM EST

In other words.... - (tjsinclair) - Jan. 21, 2002, 10:32:07 PM EST

CNET: No they ain't! - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - Jan. 22, 2002, 03:09:43 AM EST

it just figures - (nking) - Jan. 22, 2002, 05:13:52 PM EST

User Friendly predicts the AOL/Red Hat results: - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 22, 2002, 05:42:19 AM EST

About right! :) - (nking) - Jan. 22, 2002, 05:16:20 PM EST

LRPD goes to the bottom of the rumours: - (CRConrad) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2002, 08:54:33 AM EST

Words of wisdom - (nking) - Jan. 25, 2002, 12:56:27 PM EST

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