Posting activity decline?

"B" == B A R R Y B writes:

B I see a huge decline overall in Usenet postings in all the
B groups I participate in.

B My guess is that more and more big providers are dropping more
B than alt.*...

Not necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps the better posters will persist
with quality posts and Usenet will return to the good ol days.
Perhaps Santa will visit this year!
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Know all and you will pardon all.
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Ricky wrote:
Is something wrong or was the last post here really on Friday?
Been gone awhile. Came back to check it out and I see no posting
activity for 1.5 days and wondering what's up.

Ricky...New P, will be A soon...(A&P)

Meaningful contributions have been way down for sometime since the likes
of MX, Bertie, etc have highjacked this forum. Most have moved to Pilots
of America unfortunately. I come back and check once in a while, but
there is generally nothing. I am a member of the Cessna Pilots
Association and have automatic feeds form their formuns. I looked at
PoA, but just too much to wade though. There is something unique in the
usenet format that I like, or maybe it is just hard to teach an old dog
new tricks.

Ross
C-172F

Ross wrote:

...I looked at PoA, but just too much to wade though.

It was my opinion at first, too, but there are two nice features that
help overcome this.

First, the dark menu bar at the top of the forums page has a "New Posts"
option. When you select this, it shows only the subjects that have
received new posts since your last visit.

Second, when the "New Posts" are selected, if you click the little
checkmark box next to the subject lines, it takes you directly to the
entries that you haven't read.

In this way, it works very similar to traditional Usenet... only new
stuff is presented, and postings are "marked read" when you're done so
you don't have to wade through them again (although you can scroll up to
revisit them).

Ron Wanttaja

B A R R Y schrieb:
I see a huge decline overall in Usenet postings in all the groups I
participate in.

I also see a decline.

My guess is that more and more big providers are dropping more than alt.*...

well, for those of you seeking access to usenet (text only, *no*
binaries): I still keep up my offer for a free access to my newsserver.

#m

george wrote:
On Dec 22, 8:28 am, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote:

I haven't been paying attention closely enough to say.

Looking at the Google portrait of the group, there has
been a huge decline in posts in the last couple of months:


It comes and goes.
While there are few posts there are a number who browse the group and
respond when their particular interest comes up

400 and something so far in December, 962 last month. This time last
year around 4500 for each of those months. To drop to this volume you
have to go back to 1994. That isn't an ebb and flow that is a crash. We
all know who to thank.

"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
...

400 and something so far in December, 962 last month. This time last
year around 4500 for each of those months. To drop to this volume you
have to go back to 1994. That isn't an ebb and flow that is a crash. We
all know who to thank.

Are there similar declines in groups where voldemort doesn't post?

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:03:59 GMT, "Beauciphus" wrote in
:

"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
...

400 and something so far in December, 962 last month. This time last
year around 4500 for each of those months. To drop to this volume you
have to go back to 1994. That isn't an ebb and flow that is a crash. We
all know who to thank.

Are there similar declines in groups where voldemort doesn't post?

rec.models.rc.air has been in decline for three or four years.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.m...ir/about?hl=en

Marty
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Martin X. Moleski, SJ wrote:
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:03:59 GMT, "Beauciphus" wrote in
:

"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
...

400 and something so far in December, 962 last month. This time last
year around 4500 for each of those months. To drop to this volume you
have to go back to 1994. That isn't an ebb and flow that is a crash. We
all know who to thank.

Are there similar declines in groups where voldemort doesn't post?

rec.models.rc.air has been in decline for three or four years.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.m...ir/about?hl=en

Marty


Let's look at rec.boats

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.boats/about?hl=en

Nope, no 10:1 decline there in a year and they are about the size we
were before the crap.

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
...

Second, when the "New Posts" are selected, if you click the little
checkmark box next to the subject lines, it takes you directly to the
entries that you haven't read.

Thanks for that information. I never noticed that option before. That makes
POA much more usable.

On Dec 24, 10:04*am, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote:

Let's look at rec.boats

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.boats/about?hl=en

Nope, no 10:1 decline there in a year and they are about the size we
were before the crap.

Well.
To all the lurkers out there its that time of year when we stop
slagging off our fellowmen for one day.
So a round of seasonal greetings to every-one out there and fair
weather for us as fly