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poi (dpot27@hotmail.com) 2016/10/21 00:46

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On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:22:31 -0400, petrovich <pero@usp.net> wrote:

>
>I think the reason my be two fold. The amount of junk being posted on
>the usenet seems to have increased over the last few years. Sights that
>you used to be able to depend on just aren't providing quality posts.
>Several regular posters that I know have abandoned the usenet because
>of the trash and in some cases the lack of reciprocacity (not sure if
>it is a real word?) has caused their departure.
>Secondly I woud look to the dominance of social media in some many
>people's lives asa a limiting factor for the time it takes to deal with
>the usenet. People get tuned in to instant gratification aspect of
>social media; and the usenet just doesn't have that kind of immediacy.
>
>Occasionally I look for new sites to visit. When I do I generally find
>that 90% of them that have posts are abandoned or spam filled.
>
>Who ever manages the usenet should find a way to delist sites that
>haven't been used for years. The newsgroup list is almost unmanageable
>even with the search function.
>
>
>In article <rurg0c5p62ehomj84em844q5543cl0ubhn@4ax.com>, poi
><dpot27@hotmail.com> wrote:


I like your answer,especially the social media angle.I hadnt thought
of that.also I really miss jcbinups wonderful posts.

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