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  • Re: Where's Rich?

    From Willy Nilly@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 25, 2025 01:09:33
    On Thu, 25 Sep 2025, Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
    Anyone heard anything?? I don't miss him but I hope nothing bad
    happened to him.
    A RichBot upgrade from 25% human 75% AI to 100% AI has gone wrong,
    I'd guess, and no-one can be stuffed to fix it. Rich was only a chair
    to be sat in by the Rich du jour. Now the chair is gone.


    --- PyGate Linux v1.0
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  • From Willy Nilly@3:633/10 to Mutley on Thursday, September 25, 2025 01:09:33
    From: wn@nosuch.com

    On Thu, 25 Sep 2025, Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
    Anyone heard anything?? I don't miss him but I hope nothing bad
    happened to him.

    A RichBot upgrade from 25% human 75% AI to 100% AI has gone wrong,
    I'd guess, and no-one can be stuffed to fix it. Rich was only a chair
    to be sat in by the Rich du jour. Now the chair is gone.

    --- SoupGate-Linux v1.05
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  • From Tony@3:633/10 to Mutley on Thursday, September 25, 2025 02:54:11
    From: lizandtony@orcon.net.nz

    Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

    Not like him to be absent so long.
    Anyone heard anything?? I don't miss him but I hope nothing bad
    happened to him.
    Perhaps he has been defunded or cancelled, or perhaps he has had his internet privileges revoked.
    Frankly, I am delighted he is no longer here.

    --- SoupGate-Linux v1.05
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  • From Crash@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 25, 2025 16:15:18
    From: nogood@dontbother.invalid

    On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:39:47 +1200, Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

    Not like him to be absent so long.
    Anyone heard anything?? I don't miss him but I hope nothing bad
    happened to him.

    Consider the likely demographic of Usenet and nz.general posters:
    older, tech-savvy enough to find and participate in Usenet, happy to
    continue what many consider an outdated form of debate, set in our
    ways that we continue to post.

    Given this, posting stops have few causes: we become so incapacitated
    that we can no longer do what it takes to post, such as debilitating
    stroke or death.

    We don't stop posting because we have lost interest or found other
    outlets for our need for debate.


    --
    Crash McBash

    --- SoupGate-Linux v1.05
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  • From BR@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 25, 2025 16:39:37
    From: blah@blah.blah

    On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:39:47 +1200, Mutley <mutley2000@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

    Not like him to be absent so long.
    Anyone heard anything?? I don't miss him but I hope nothing bad
    happened to him.

    Annoying as he was, I defend his right to post anything he wants to on
    here, however distasteful. Usenet may be remembered as the last
    bastion of freedom of expression.

    Social media is owned by big tech corporates who have taken it upon
    themselves to censor anything they disagree with, and it is mostly
    that which goes against left wing narrative.

    The demise of usenet is a great shame.

    Bill.

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    --- SoupGate-Linux v1.05
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