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Has Usenet completely died? Only 7 posts here today and they were all
spam. For the last three or four days, every Usenet group seems to be like this. Maybe I've kill filed everyone. |
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On 10/10/10 PDT 3:41 PM, rwalker wrote:
Has Usenet completely died? Only 7 posts here today and they were all spam. For the last three or four days, every Usenet group seems to be like this. Maybe I've kill filed everyone. Mebbe! I count all of 13 here since this early a.m. Usenet is dead! Film at eleven...... -- john mcwilliams |
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On 2010-10-10 18:41:36 -0400, rwalker said:
Has Usenet completely died? Only 7 posts here today and they were all spam. For the last three or four days, every Usenet group seems to be like this. Maybe I've kill filed everyone. The current issue of MacLife has a review of the newest version of UNISON, which is a usenet newsreader for the mac. While it gives the software a good review, it asks, and not too subtly, "what's the point?" Basically saying, Usenet is dead, it's time is over, and everything it does can now be done better elsewhere on the internet. -- Michael |
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"Michael" wrote in message
news:2010101020443874364-adunc79617@mypacksnet... Has Usenet completely died? Only 7 posts here today and they were all spam. For the last three or four days, every Usenet group seems to be like this. Maybe I've kill filed everyone. The current issue of MacLife has a review of the newest version of UNISON, which is a usenet newsreader for the mac. While it gives the software a good review, it asks, and not too subtly, "what's the point?" Basically saying, Usenet is dead, it's time is over, and everything it does can now be done better elsewhere on the internet. -- Michael Maybe, but I find that if you have a serious question, you can usually still get an answer on Usenet. Possibly one of the problems is that the people who still use Usenet rarely have any questions to ask anymore. |
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On 2010-10-11 02:50:25 -0700, "Albert E." said:
"Michael" wrote in message news:2010101020443874364-adunc79617@mypacksnet... Has Usenet completely died? Only 7 posts here today and they were all spam. For the last three or four days, every Usenet group seems to be like this. Maybe I've kill filed everyone. The current issue of MacLife has a review of the newest version of UNISON, which is a usenet newsreader for the mac. While it gives the software a good review, it asks, and not too subtly, "what's the point?" Basically saying, Usenet is dead, it's time is over, and everything it does can now be done better elsewhere on the internet. -- Michael Maybe, but I find that if you have a serious question, you can usually still get an answer on Usenet. Possibly one of the problems is that the people who still use Usenet rarely have any questions to ask anymore. Usenet still has its followers, and there will be those who come and go, and perhaps return with a different face from time to time. I have noticed that many of the Usenet newcomers show up because they have a question to ask, and have not been able to find an answer elsewhere. ....and sometimes it is a long time contributor who is unable to find an answer. I believe the numbers of lurkers, fully qualified to give meaningful answers, far exceeds that of active participants. From time to time they reveal themselves to provide that answer, or assistance. I have a feeling they remain hidden for the most part, to avoid getting involved in flame wars. You just have to be a little more selective in choosing a group for asking those questions. Certainly many groups have been usurped by "flame warriors" and trolls, but with a little discrete reading, verification, and confirmation, answers can be found when they are sincerely given. A good filter and kill-file set up also helps. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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"Savageduck" wrote in message
news:2010101103471516807-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... Maybe, but I find that if you have a serious question, you can usually still get an answer on Usenet. Possibly one of the problems is that the people who still use Usenet rarely have any questions to ask anymore. Usenet still has its followers, and there will be those who come and go, and perhaps return with a different face from time to time. I have noticed that many of the Usenet newcomers show up because they have a question to ask, and have not been able to find an answer elsewhere. ...and sometimes it is a long time contributor who is unable to find an answer. I believe the numbers of lurkers, fully qualified to give meaningful answers, far exceeds that of active participants. From time to time they reveal themselves to provide that answer, or assistance. I have a feeling they remain hidden for the most part, to avoid getting involved in flame wars. You just have to be a little more selective in choosing a group for asking those questions. Certainly many groups have been usurped by "flame warriors" and trolls, but with a little discrete reading, verification, and confirmation, answers can be found when they are sincerely given. A good filter and kill-file set up also helps. One of the things to also consider is that that many Usenet users have probably been using the internet for a while and have become essentially 'bored' of the internet in a sense. It's now no longer an exiting toy and has evolved much the same way I would imagine newspapers, magazines and television did in their era. In reality, the last exiting thing to happen on the internet was Google Maps/Street View. But once you've travelled the globe and tried to find something interesting to see at Area 51, etc, even that becomes a bit blah. As for camera technology, it just trundles along, so nothing really exiting happening there to talk about either ATM. At least not on the same scale as when digital sensors became affordable in consumer cameras. As for me, I don't kill-file anyone on Usenet, because sometimes "flame warriors" and "trolls" make interesting reading. And, as for the spammers, it's a waste of time trying to block them anyway. |
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"Bruce" wrote in message
... I think anyone who fails to be enthused by the application of newly developed technologies to photography is just jaded, or not genuinely interested in the subject. Yup, got my personality profile down to a tee. Errr... |
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"Bruce" wrote in message ... I think anyone who fails to be enthused by the application of newly developed technologies to photography is just jaded, or not genuinely interested in the subject. Either that, or they haven't yet finished paying for last years technology, along with the optional five year guarentee. michael adams .... |
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"Michael" wrote in message news:2010101020443874364-adunc79617@mypacksnet... Basically saying, Usenet is dead, it's time is over, and everything it does can now be done better elsewhere on the internet. -- Michael Better ? In terms of usability, IME most web forums are about on a par with Google Groups and chocolate teapots. The point about Usenet is that all newsreaders follow similar conventions about displaying threads and messages, and in respect to quoting etc. Once the user has mastered those for any particular Newsreader there's nothing more to learn. With web forums they all seem to follow different conventions. And a majority of users on many forums seem totally unable to quote, but simply make comments which are totally devoid of context. With Usenet it's possible to scan 20 different newsgroups covering loads of different areas in the space of a couple of minutes, and decide whether or not there are any threads which seem worth reading. I doubt that would be possible with web forums. For Usenet all that's needed is plain text - posters can link to URL's and pictures if they choose. It's not a case of "doing it better". In this case at least, no other features are actually necessary. michael adams .... |
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:24:23 +0100, "michael adams"
wrote: snip For Usenet all that's needed is plain text - posters can link to URL's and pictures if they choose. It's not a case of "doing it better". In this case at least, no other features are actually necessary. michael adams ... Well said. |
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