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    From Peter Watkinson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 19 01:19:32 2018
    Why aren't these groups popular anymore?

    All the best.

    Peter Watkinson

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  • From Krusty@21:1/5 to Peter Watkinson on Mon Aug 20 08:44:59 2018
    Peter Watkinson wrote:

    Why aren't these groups popular anymore?

    Dilution mainly, & in the case of the younger generation, lack of
    animated gifs, & utterly useless Android/iOS clients. We used to just
    have usenet, gopher, IRC & maybe a BBS or two. Then an endless stream
    of alternatives came along, & people naturally migrated to whichever
    they preferred.

    Here in the UK, the Boards magazine forum became the go-to place. But
    that crashed earlier this year & the current owners (Mpora) are too
    busy posting wanky childish cycling memes to Facebook to bother fixing
    it. So the traffic's now further diluted across mainly regional
    Facebook groups, & all the benefits of a 'national' forum have been
    lost.


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    Krusty

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  • From Peter Watkinson@21:1/5 to Krusty on Mon Aug 20 14:19:14 2018
    On Monday, August 20, 2018 at 9:45:00 AM UTC+1, Krusty wrote:
    Peter Watkinson wrote:

    Why aren't these groups popular anymore?

    Dilution mainly, & in the case of the younger generation, lack of
    animated gifs, & utterly useless Android/iOS clients. We used to just
    have usenet, gopher, IRC & maybe a BBS or two. Then an endless stream
    of alternatives came along, & people naturally migrated to whichever
    they preferred.

    Here in the UK, the Boards magazine forum became the go-to place. But
    that crashed earlier this year & the current owners (Mpora) are too
    busy posting wanky childish cycling memes to Facebook to bother fixing
    it. So the traffic's now further diluted across mainly regional
    Facebook groups, & all the benefits of a 'national' forum have been
    lost.


    --
    Krusty

    This was the best forum.

    shame.

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  • From karenorfordwest@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 6 10:53:57 2018
    Are you Wocky from Roundwood Park??

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  • From domfosnz@gmail.com@21:1/5 to karenor...@gmail.com on Tue Nov 27 17:43:57 2018
    On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 5:53:58 AM UTC+12, karenor...@gmail.com wrote:
    Are you Wocky from Roundwood Park??

    Yes. He was a dear friend and is sadly missed.

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  • From Peconic Puffin@21:1/5 to Peter Watkinson on Wed May 8 08:35:57 2019
    On Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 4:19:33 AM UTC-4, Peter Watkinson wrote:
    Why aren't these groups popular anymore?

    All the best.

    Peter Watkinson

    In the U.S. most people use iWIndsurf's forum, which is free (and next to wind information).

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