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Re:Reddit CEO admits to altering user comments that were cri... by DanBC on Thursday November 24, 2016 @01:16PM (#13031798)
> partly because alt.* was (and still is) the wild west of the usenet: a lawless wasteland, with the occasional specks of civilization.

...and even that was too restricted for some people, which is one of the reasons free.* was set up.

http://wiki.killfile.org/projects/usenet/faqs/free/

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Re:Reddit CEO admits to altering user comments that were cri... by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday November 24, 2016 @01:48PM (#13032034)
For some people, any restriction is too much. It's the 4chan vs 8chan thing.
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