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Decline and fall of misc.kids.pregnancy
The new Google web interface to Usenet newsgroups (like this one) has some problems. Such as losing some (many?) of my posts submitted through its interface. And now I am wondering why the massive fall-off of posts here in general, compared to some other Usenet newsgroups I read!? Those other newsgroups are going strong. What fall-off, you ask? Look at this: http://groups.google.com/group/misc....regnancy/about Google's archive of this group goes back to August 25, 1994, so we have 150 months of continuous history. And the most recent 5 months have by far the least traffic. |
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On Feb 25, 2:14�pm, "Pologirl" wrote:
The new Google web interface to Usenet newsgroups (like this one) has some problems. *Such as losing some (many?) of my posts submitted through its interface. And now I am wondering why the massive fall-off of posts here in general, compared to some other Usenet newsgroups I read!? *Those other newsgroups are going strong. What fall-off, you ask? *Look at this: http://groups.google.com/group/misc....regnancy/about Google's archive of this group goes back to August 25, 1994, so we have 150 months of continuous history. *And the most recent 5 months have by far the least traffic. I've been wondering about this, too. It used to be almost impossible to keep up with the posts here. It makes me sad. Leslie |
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On Feb 25, 2:14 pm, "Pologirl" wrote:
The new Google web interface to Usenet newsgroups (like this one) has some problems. Such as losing some (many?) of my posts submitted through its interface. And now I am wondering why the massive fall-off of posts here in general, compared to some other Usenet newsgroups I read!? Those other newsgroups are going strong. What fall-off, you ask? Look at this: http://groups.google.com/group/misc....regnancy/about Google's archive of this group goes back to August 25, 1994, so we have 150 months of continuous history. And the most recent 5 months have by far the least traffic. Your post has reminded me of how long I have been reading & occasionally posting here and how much I have benefited from the collective wisdom. It has been such an excellent resource for me, I am going to make a concerted effort to post more to do my part to keep some momentum going. Elle DD1 02/23/05 DD2 due 04/23/07 |
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Decline and fall of misc.kids.pregnancy
Elle wrote:
On Feb 25, 2:14 pm, "Pologirl" wrote: The new Google web interface to Usenet newsgroups (like this one) has some problems. Such as losing some (many?) of my posts submitted through its interface. And now I am wondering why the massive fall-off of posts here in general, compared to some other Usenet newsgroups I read!? Those other newsgroups are going strong. Trolls, flamers, OT arguments, and T.G. will do that to a group. It's a shame that someone will ruin a good discussion group to further his own ego/interests. gloria p |
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Decline and fall of misc.kids.pregnancy
Puester wrote:
Trolls, flamers, OT arguments, and T.G. will do that to a group. It's a shame that someone will ruin a good discussion group to further his own ego/interests. Don't blame it on them. They have always been here, doing their thing in the background. This is Usenet, where anyone with any sense uses a threaded newsreader and simply ignore the threads that don't interest them. What has changed, it seems, is that the "ordinary" posters have dropped out. |
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On Feb 25, 10:53 pm, "Pologirl" wrote:
Puester wrote: Trolls, flamers, OT arguments, and T.G. will do that to a group. It's a shame that someone will ruin a good discussion group to further his own ego/interests. Don't blame it on them. They have always been here, doing their thing in the background. This is Usenet, where anyone with any sense uses a threaded newsreader and simply ignore the threads that don't interest them. What has changed, it seems, is that the "ordinary" posters have dropped out. I think usenet in general is a lot less busy than it was a few years ago. There are so many other places people can chat about topics of interest to them that usenet is no longer the only, or the best game in town. (And of course, the inability to access the groups through some common ISPs (like AOL) adds to the problem.) Naomi |
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wrote in message s.com... On Feb 25, 10:53 pm, "Pologirl" wrote: Puester wrote: Trolls, flamers, OT arguments, and T.G. will do that to a group. It's a shame that someone will ruin a good discussion group to further his own ego/interests. Don't blame it on them. They have always been here, doing their thing in the background. This is Usenet, where anyone with any sense uses a threaded newsreader and simply ignore the threads that don't interest them. What has changed, it seems, is that the "ordinary" posters have dropped out. I think usenet in general is a lot less busy than it was a few years ago. There are so many other places people can chat about topics of interest to them that usenet is no longer the only, or the best game in town. (And of course, the inability to access the groups through some common ISPs (like AOL) adds to the problem.) For some reason Google has lost the ability to let me post, so I'm having to do it through my Outlook at work. Still, the posts should up a little next year as we are going to ttc#2 at the end of the year (yay!) and I'm sure I'll have heaps more questions despite being through it once. Jeni |
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I think it's also a spam and troll issue, yahoogroups email lists and
message board probably feel like a much safer place. Personally I like newsgroups, even if I read them through outlook express, but many of them have gone downhill or vanished completely over the time I've been reading them. Anne |
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Decline and fall of misc.kids.pregnancy
Don't blame it on them. They have always been here, doing their thing
in the background. This is Usenet, where anyone with any sense uses a threaded newsreader and simply ignore the threads that don't interest them. What has changed, it seems, is that the "ordinary" posters have dropped out. I won't put the entire blame on them, but I do think they have been on the rise, whilst at the same time, places they aren't are also on the rise, so there is less need to put up with them. There has been some trolls on here recently that no one has notice has been a troll, so has unintentionally fed them, but having seen the same name on other groups (with the same underlying posting details), there are definite oddities about a couple of posters. Anne |
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Decline and fall of misc.kids.pregnancy
"Pologirl" wrote in message ps.com... Puester wrote: Trolls, flamers, OT arguments, and T.G. will do that to a group. It's a shame that someone will ruin a good discussion group to further his own ego/interests. Don't blame it on them. They have always been here, doing their thing in the background. This is Usenet, where anyone with any sense uses a threaded newsreader and simply ignore the threads that don't interest them. What has changed, it seems, is that the "ordinary" posters have dropped out. Guess we all had our babies ; ) Good to see people soing something about the lack of posts though! And well done to Pologirl for bringing it up I really only make the odd post atm, but hopefully will be back properly later in the year if we manage to make #2. Lucy xx |
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