But such influence is usually easy to circumvent, and heavy-handed manipulation typically results in a backlash of resentment. Usenet is not a democracy. However, as explained above, Usenet is not an organization, and only an organization can be run as a democracy. Even a democracy must be organized, for if it lacks a means of enforcing the peoples' wishes, then it may as well not exist. Some people wish that Usenet were a democracy.
Many people pretend that it is.
Both groups are sadly deluded. Usenet is not fair. Neither you nor I, that's certain. Usenet is not a right. Those people are wrong.