Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:15:31 +0100 From: johannes <johsnospam-nospamme87432-fitter.com> Subject: Re: What killed this group?
Nel Frikandel wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:09:10 +0100, johannes > <johsnospam-nospamme87432-fitter.com> wrote: > > >> Non-binary usenet in general appears to be being used less and less. > >> > >> My guess is that it's a combination of faster and faster connections > >> combined with readily available, "pretty" forums. > > > >Maybe that's the case. But I like the simplicity and elegance of ng. > >Far easier to follow and to search in the groups.google archive. > >Also the fact that it is slightly offbeat in the public conscience. > >I.e. news reporters always refer to it as "chat-rooms" or "forums", > >perhaps to keep the secret of usenet to themselves. > > Hmmm, I used to look here quite a bit more ofthen in the old days of > 56k Modem connections and so on. > > This MI5 nut spamming half the NG to death isn't helping either... > Maybe after all this time I need to start finding outr how the > ban/kill funtion of my old news reader works... Just ignore him. he started about 10 years ago and comes back from time to time, he is repeating the same old stuff. Notice that the dates are very old. Nobody engages with him.
