TDPL a bad idea?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

retard wrote:
> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:20:51 +0000, BCS wrote:
> 
>> Hello Gareth,
>>
>>
>>> I actually like the newsgroup format (more than modern web forums) now
>>> that I've gone to the trouble of setting up Thunderbrid but I guess
>>> they did put me off initially.
>>>
>>> Well, that's one data point for you.
>>>
>>>
>> I've said it before, but I might as well say it again; I'm of the same
>> opinion, News groups are my first choice for online communities. I think
>> the primary reasons for this is that it 1) doesn't require me to keep
>> hitting refresh, 2) works offline and 3) allows me to use whatever
>> interface I darn well choose.
>>
>> If D were to quit providing a NNTP interface, I'd loose interest in
>> participating in these discussions. Heck, (HINT, HINT, HINT) the fact
>> that Tango has a forum rather than a news group is half or more of the
>> reason I don't use it.
> 
> It's interesting to see that even though modern web page/app developers 
> have spent enormous effort on usability issues, techies still don't like 
> it. The sad fact is that web forums are more or less a poor copy of the 
> good old usenet newsgroups. The new format requires more bandwidth and 
> server capacity, has more security holes, and all kinds of other issues 
> (larger latencies, all kinds of retards posting spam,

Wait, what?

Andrei