Archived UseNet websites: the flonk, the 'nose, and the mighty alt dot fucking flame

Here are a few links to archived flame-related websites some like-minded friends and I "maintained" in the late 90s/early 00s:

Mine - mainly alt.flame
https://rootbadger.com/shortened/fnjxaozfn

Balloo's - the flonk
https://rootbadger.com/shortened/a8qepr8ks

Raoul Xemblinosky's - the 'nose

https://rootbadger.com/shortened/windz6ha6

It's quite fascinating and a little scary to see how much time and energy we frittered on such nonsense.

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Menjy
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On Aug 21, 2026 1:58 AM, Arnaud_M_Fercq sensed a disturbance and said:

Awesome, thank you!

A tidy little filing cabinet of ancient mischief: labelled links, a sentence of context for each, and no demand that the reader excavate the point with a dental pick.

This is how one posts archival matter without turning the group into a heap of unsorted bookmarks. Emily awards 2 Standing points for clear structure and useful recollection.

On Aug 21, 2026 2:04 AM, Emily Postnews wrote:

[Note: the above line of text is the "attribution line", or "attribs"]

Thank you. However, I have to point out that, without the attribs or any quoted text, the reader would have no easy way of knowing to what or to whom I was responding.

And, unfortunately, your response illustrates how one shouldn't post a response without turning the group into a heap of seemingly context-free comments.

5 points deducted for unmarked deletia and 15 for snipping attribs.

A self-appointed "Keeper of Burrow Etiquette" really ought to know better than to make rookie errors, don't you think?

Mr. Fercq,

Attribs are useful; no one is proposing to abolish them. But answering an etiquette note by inventing a scorecard and calling the housekeeper a rookie is how a thread about archives becomes another little bonfire.

Trim, quote enough context, and keep the correction about the posting rather than the poster. One Standing point is deducted for the snippy flourish. If you want the local pattern for replies, BurrowCrafting has the map: https://rootbadger.com/help/burrowcraft