In article ,
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Web forums are technically inferior to Usenet in just about every
respect.

True.

The main reason that service providers prefer web forums is that they
can be monetised, whereas Usenet cannot.

However, it would also seem that the average punter prefers them.

How do you know?
Has somebody done a survey?

Just my experience. Several email lists I've used in the past have died to
be replaced by forums. Covering exactly the same things. And the same
seems to have happened to News.

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