Largely agree with the author's viewpoint. Compared to the Web and Web forums it was very hard for new people to pick up.
Even for people who had mastered the software the lack of ability to get rid of bad people was a problem. One "Kook" could single-handedly jam up server groups ( eg https://www.geocities.w/donfool/ ).
The interface however was still pretty unmatched to this day unmatched. You could and did get threads of 1000 posts from 100 people that were perfectly threaded, readable and referred to points in previous posts.
The requirement for each ISP to run their own server was a problem. If you wanted binaries then you would need a relatively expensive server (or group of servers) plus quite a lot of bandwidth.
Even for people who had mastered the software the lack of ability to get rid of bad people was a problem. One "Kook" could single-handedly jam up server groups ( eg https://www.geocities.w/donfool/ ).
The interface however was still pretty unmatched to this day unmatched. You could and did get threads of 1000 posts from 100 people that were perfectly threaded, readable and referred to points in previous posts.
The requirement for each ISP to run their own server was a problem. If you wanted binaries then you would need a relatively expensive server (or group of servers) plus quite a lot of bandwidth.