There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group is now officially dead? If so, I’d like to say thank you to all the knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group is now officially dead? If so, I’d like to say thank you to all the knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment._______________________
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug >dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group >is now officially dead? If so, I’d like to say thank you to all the >knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group is now officially dead? If so, I’d like to say thank you to all the knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
In article <tmj892$sme$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
Ralph Barone <ralph@invalid.com> wrote:
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug >dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group >is now officially dead? If so, I???d like to say thank you to all the >knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
Drug dealers?
Yes, the traffic is pretty low, you're the first person to post in a couple weeks here.
--scott
On 12/4/22 14:51, Ralph Barone wrote:
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group is now officially dead? If so, I???d like to say thank you to all the knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
If you ask a question, you can still get a meaningful answer.
Ask whether 96k sounds better than 44.1k, and the graves will open.
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group is now officially dead? If so, I???d like to say thank you to all the knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
We're still here. ;)to the full.' --John 10:7,9-10". So slammy and tired (e.g., slept 10:20 PM to 4:20 AM) these days. :(
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In article <tmj892$sme$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
Ralph Barone <ralph@invalid.com> wrote:
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug >> dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group >> is now officially dead? If so, I’d like to say thank you to all the
knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
Drug dealers?
Yes, the traffic is pretty low, you're the first person to post in a couple weeks here.
--scott
Ask whether 96k sounds better than 44.1k, and the graves will open.
Tobiah
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group is now officially dead? If so, I’d like to say thank you to all the knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 5:51:19 PM UTC-5, Ralph Barone wrote:
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug >> dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group >> is now officially dead? If so, I’d like to say thank you to all the_______________________
knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
Certainly not dead, yet!
But you can blame so-called 'social' media (Farcebook, Shitter, et al) for the rapid
decline in traffic on Usenet and Usenet Groups.
And the corresponding 'cropping up of weeds'(the aforementioned drug-hawkers) through the
cracks in the pavement, arund here.
Ralph Barone wrote:
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group is now officially dead? If so, I???d like to say thank you to all the knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
SFAIK, Reddit stands as the Usenet replacement although it
has strong preferences for some fairly immature tropes.
I've no idea how any of that works as a company.
Usenet would be a vast improvement over all online social
media.
Chris K-Man wrote:_____________
On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 5:51:19 PM UTC-5, Ralph Barone wrote:
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug_______________________
dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group
is now officially dead? If so, I’d like to say thank you to all the
knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
Certainly not dead, yet!
But you can blame so-called 'social' media (Farcebook, Shitter, et al) for the rapid
decline in traffic on Usenet and Usenet Groups.
It started before. Binaries, port-blocking, ISPs going away from NNTP
all added up. It was on life support by 2007, when phones took
over.
And the corresponding 'cropping up of weeds'(the aforementioned drug-hawkers) through the
cracks in the pavement, arund here.
You have to presume somebody's paying for that. Por que?
--
Les Cargill
And nobody's paying anyone for this to happen. It's happening naturally, like dust accumulating on tops of
furniture and window sills. Although, those social sites do seem to attract a lot more ads than we see here
in Usenet groups.
Chris K-Man wrote:_____________
On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 5:51:19 PM UTC-5, Ralph Barone wrote:
There has been no in-topic activity for quite some time, and a band of drug_______________________
dealers has moved into the neighbourhood. Is it safe to say that this group
is now officially dead? If so, I’d like to say thank you to all the
knowledgeable posters over the years for their education and entertainment.
Certainly not dead, yet!
But you can blame so-called 'social' media (Farcebook, Shitter, et al) for the rapid
decline in traffic on Usenet and Usenet Groups.
It started before. Binaries, port-blocking, ISPs going away from NNTP
all added up. It was on life support by 2007, when phones took
over.
And the corresponding 'cropping up of weeds'(the aforementioned drug-hawkers) through the
cracks in the pavement, arund here.
You have to presume somebody's paying for that. Por que?
--
Les Cargill
On 13/12/2022 12:44, Chris K-Man wrote:________________________
And nobody's paying anyone for this to happen. It's happening naturally, like dust accumulating on tops of
furniture and window sills. Although, those social sites do seem to attract a lot more ads than we see here
in Usenet groups.
The web based social media sites are paid for by the adverts. On
Facebook, Twitter and suchlike, you are not the customer, you are the product.
It is not practical to charge for adverts due to the way that usenet
works. There is a relatively new nand growing platform called Mastodon
which is paid for by subscription or donations, which uses a similar distributed hosting arrangement to the one that usenet has.
Many usenet servers also run the Cleanfeed program, which stops adverts
in their tracks, and that is part of what my ten Euros a year
subscription pays news.individual.net for.
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Tciao for Now!
John.
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