("Quid coniuratio est?")
Prairienet, the freenet, a.k.a. "socialism in action", has stuck it to me and to you once again. "How's that?" you say?
This latest maneuver by the grand commisars of prairienet goes as follows:
(1) I had been forwarding complaints from readers to the grand
commisars of prairienet as to the various problems they had
been having with the CN (Conspiracy Nation) mailing list;
e.g., getting two copies of the CN, getting a half a copy of
the CN, etc.
(2) The grand commisars of prairienet just last week informed
me, "Well, we'll temporarily leave the list as is (unfixed),
and then when we get the new, improved prairienet with the
'bluestem' system, then we'll fix your mailing list for CN."
(3) In the lexicon of the grand commisars of prairienet,
"temporary" seems to mean months. This is based on, for
example, the July 20, 1995 shut down of "dired" with the
message that it was "temporary". "Dired" is still shut down,
3 months later. So much for "temporary".
(4) So, bottom line: I am effectively being censored by the
grand commisars of prairienet -- "temporarily" of course. The
CN mass mailings are not going out to all those thousands who
should be receiving said mailings.
(5) Hypothesis: (a) given that "insiders" at prairienet
receive special privileges -- this based on my own experience
as an "information provider" granted two hours access per
dial-in versus the normal one hour limit -- we have PREMISE
#1: at prairienet, all are equal, but some are more equal than
others; (b) PREMISE #2: CN is highly controversial and has
probably offended just about everyone at some time or other;
(c) CONCLUSION: Has one of the grand commisars at prairienet
utilized their perks as an insider to routinely sabotage the
CN mass mailer? Given one or more grand commisars with inside
access and a grudge against CN, is sabotage against CN by said
commisar(s) a far-fetched hypothesis? Is the CN mailing list
being sabotaged? Is that why it works so erratically and now
not at all?
(6) What are the funds received by prairienet? It says it is a
"freenet", but it must get money from somewhere. Yes, we know
it gets donations -- but does it get money from the government
in any way, shape or form?
(7) The grand commisars may tell me something like, "Well, if
you're dissatisfied with prairienet, then you should
volunteer to help things get better. Oh great commisars! I
already am a volunteer! I volunteer providing information to
a worldwide audience of the readers of Conspiracy Nation! If I
volunteer with the prairienet, then my current volunteering
with CN will suffer.
(8) Yes, I did make a suitable donation during the last
prairienet fund drive.
So this is to explain to all readers of CN that, for now, you will have to read your CN in alt.conspiracy. I am working on the situation, but you see my efforts are time consuming whereas one grand commisar with a grudge merely has to tinker around with the mailer from time to time in order to wreak havoc and effectively censor my output.
Prairienet: "Socialism in action"
Prairienet: "Where all are equal, but some are more equal than others"
Prairienet: "Where 'temporary' means at least three months"
I encourage distribution of "Conspiracy Nation."