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Posted by Balanced View on June 19, 2008, 8:46 pm
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daestrom wrote:
> Balanced View wrote:
>> Eeyore wrote:
>>> Balanced View wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Eeyore wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Balanced View wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The newsgroups are dying anyway, groups I've read since the mid
>>>>>> 90's are down to a few hardcore old timers or
>>>>>> Right and Left loonies. Last one out please turn out the
>>>>>> lights........
>>>>> I disagree.
>>>>>
>>>>> I reckon it's as healthy as ever and what with this NY Attorney
>>>>> General's attempts to limit free speech, and some publicity of
>>>>> same, it may gain a new rush of popularity. I have to say, I've
>>>>> learnt as much from usenet as the entire www.
>>>>>
>>>> The stats don't bear you out , this group currently only has 943
>>>> subscribers and 516 messages per month,
>>>> it was in the thousands when I first found this place before the
>>>> millenium. One of my favorite groups since
>>>> 1997 now is down to 541 members, down from over 12,000 in 1999, now
>>>> sometimes over there they'll be no
>>>> new posts for three or four days in a row.
>>>>
>>>> It's sad, I've always enjoyed Usenet, I've even traveled half way
>>>> round the world to visit people I'd never physically
>>>> met, but had yacked back and forth with for five years.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry you feel that way.
>>>
>>> I feel a new surge of Usenetters coming this way.
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I hope so too, but the states don't bear indicate that by a long shot.
>> What I could see happening is Usenet
>> becomes a sort of "Underground Movement" of the internet, but it
>> doesn't have the bells and whistles
>> the younger generation is looking for.
>
> Awe... Like any 'new thing', the glitz and flash draw crowds. But
> soon the *content* is what matters.
>
> Sort of like youtube. Everybody that has a cell phone wants to make
> their own dumb video. But after a while you get tired of watching
> some nameless idiot skate-board into a wall, or other stupid stunt.
> Then you want to find something that is really going to engage your
> brain.
>
> Well okay, for us older types it's 'engage your brain', I suppose for
> the <30 crowd it's 'engage your penis' :-)
>
> daestrom
>
It's what I've always found great about Usenet, you could find a
dedicated group for just about everything, full of obscure information
probably impossible to find anywhere else.
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