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Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces by endorphone on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:43AM (#22318058)
This sounds remarkably elitist. And honestly if one were to analyze the trolls of the world, I'd wager "upper middle class" (or simply middle class -- it was hardly so exclusive) and "educated" would be a dominant trait.

A single university is an wide spectrum of participants. Yes, there are some demographic commonalities, but there are so many significant differences. Now add universities across the spectrum and across the globe.

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Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces by luckylion on Thursday February 13, 2020 @11:01AM (#22318743)
> A single university is an wide spectrum of participants.

Is it? Sure, you'll have people studying physics, law and economics, but they'll be pretty similar in background. I'm not saying that usenet was a hive mind, far from it, but it certainly wasn't very "diverse" with regards to the background of participants.

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