... just like you can't post UTF-8 ( 8-bit Unicode ). Shame on you ! I regularly update my newsreader ( including today ). I assign weights ( i.e. XRanks, like PageRank™ ) to watch Nyms, etc. When was the last time “ nn ” was updated ? it's decrepit. Does it understand MIME ? CharSets ( like UTF-8 ) ? threads ? quoted printable ( in a header ) ? F....

... and use normal “ ” quotes, as books do. You don't care enough about UseNet to use anything other than “ nn ”, a long-decrepit newsreader that seldom gets updated; while I, on the other hand, carefully craft my homemade newsreader. When conversing with me, you tell me flat-out that you can't be bothered to check who is ...

...don't have to swap back and forth between two or more posts (even if their newsreader makes it easy). You don't care enough about UseNet to use anything other than ? nn ? Why does the newsreader I use bug you so much? Regardless, Usenet itself is getting decrepit and is an internet dead-end. ISPs are farming out or dropping NNTP services ...