If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
As one who believes in the law of diminishing returns, I fear that the
useful (read that as interesting/informative) life of this forum is nearing its end. Quick survey: how many faithful readers/contributors feel that this forum going is going brain-dead? C'mon! Fess up! |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
"Charles" wrote in message ... As one who believes in the law of diminishing returns, I fear that the useful (read that as interesting/informative) life of this forum is nearing its end. Quick survey: how many faithful readers/contributors feel that this forum going is going brain-dead? C'mon! Fess up! I haven't seen a change in all of the years I've used usenet. There has always been plenty of noise with the signal, with spikes at various times over the years. Given the current political climate in the U.S. (and elsewhere), there's bound to be a noise spike now. There's still plenty of good and useful posts here, you just have to look harder to find them. dwight |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
dwight wrote:
"Charles" wrote in message ... As one who believes in the law of diminishing returns, I fear that the useful (read that as interesting/informative) life of this forum is nearing its end. Quick survey: how many faithful readers/contributors feel that this forum going is going brain-dead? C'mon! Fess up! I haven't seen a change in all of the years I've used usenet. There has always been plenty of noise with the signal, with spikes at various times over the years. Given the current political climate in the U.S. (and elsewhere), there's bound to be a noise spike now. There's still plenty of good and useful posts here, you just have to look harder to find them. Filters help. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 20:57:25 -0400, "dwight" wrote:
: : "Charles" wrote in message : ... : As one who believes in the law of diminishing returns, I fear that the : useful (read that as interesting/informative) life of this forum is : nearing its end. : : Quick survey: how many faithful readers/contributors feel that this : forum going is going brain-dead? C'mon! Fess up! : : : I haven't seen a change in all of the years I've used usenet. There has : always been plenty of noise with the signal, with spikes at various times : over the years. Given the current political climate in the U.S. (and : elsewhere), there's bound to be a noise spike now. : : There's still plenty of good and useful posts here, you just have to look : harder to find them. And plenty of trolls like "Charles", seeking attention and trying to get us off-topic. Bob |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
Alan Browne wrote:
dwight wrote: "Charles" wrote in message ... As one who believes in the law of diminishing returns, I fear that the useful (read that as interesting/informative) life of this forum is nearing its end. Quick survey: how many faithful readers/contributors feel that this forum going is going brain-dead? C'mon! Fess up! I haven't seen a change in all of the years I've used usenet. There has always been plenty of noise with the signal, with spikes at various times over the years. Given the current political climate in the U.S. (and elsewhere), there's bound to be a noise spike now. There's still plenty of good and useful posts here, you just have to look harder to find them. Filters help. Mozilla/Thunderbird have a wonderful feature where you can mark a thread ignored. Simply tap the K key and the off-topic politics thread is gone forever. -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
On 2009-10-01 19:20:28 -0700, Paul Furman said:
Alan Browne wrote: dwight wrote: "Charles" wrote in message ... As one who believes in the law of diminishing returns, I fear that the useful (read that as interesting/informative) life of this forum is nearing its end. Quick survey: how many faithful readers/contributors feel that this forum going is going brain-dead? C'mon! Fess up! I haven't seen a change in all of the years I've used usenet. There has always been plenty of noise with the signal, with spikes at various times over the years. Given the current political climate in the U.S. (and elsewhere), there's bound to be a noise spike now. There's still plenty of good and useful posts here, you just have to look harder to find them. Filters help. Mozilla/Thunderbird have a wonderful feature where you can mark a thread ignored. Simply tap the K key and the off-topic politics thread is gone forever. Easy enough to do by setting a filter based on on the subject line in other NG clients. -- Regards, Savageduck |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
Charles wrote:
As one who believes in the law of diminishing returns, I fear that the useful (read that as interesting/informative) life of this forum is nearing its end. Quick survey: how many faithful readers/contributors feel that this forum going is going brain-dead? C'mon! Fess up! The forum isn't brain-dead. Some threads and posters, are, though, but are easy to spot/avoid. -- Bertrand |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
"Robert Coe" wrote in message ... And plenty of trolls like "Charles", seeking attention and trying to get us off-topic. Gee, Bob. Perhaps you could define "on-topic" so definitively that a mistake as egregious as mine would never again occur. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:20:28 -0700, Paul Furman wrote:
: Alan Browne wrote: : dwight wrote: : : "Charles" wrote in message : ... : As one who believes in the law of diminishing returns, I fear that : the useful (read that as interesting/informative) life of this forum : is nearing its end. : : Quick survey: how many faithful readers/contributors feel that this : forum going is going brain-dead? C'mon! Fess up! : : : I haven't seen a change in all of the years I've used usenet. There : has always been plenty of noise with the signal, with spikes at : various times over the years. Given the current political climate in : the U.S. (and elsewhere), there's bound to be a noise spike now. : : There's still plenty of good and useful posts here, you just have to : look harder to find them. : : Filters help. : : Mozilla/Thunderbird have a wonderful feature where you can mark a thread : ignored. Simply tap the K key and the off-topic politics thread is gone : forever. Agent has it too (even the ancient version that I use). Bob |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
The end is near
"Charles" wrote in message ... As one who believes in the law of diminishing returns, I fear that the useful (read that as interesting/informative) life of this forum is nearing its end. Quick survey: how many faithful readers/contributors feel that this forum going is going brain-dead? C'mon! Fess up! I see that the RichA posts continue to consistently generate more traffic than reasonable posts. As I suspected, this forum is going brain-dead. |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|