Marco Leon wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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The venue is different, that's for sure. Some who are used to Usenet will
never like a web forum. I have trouble myself sometimes figuring out who
is answering whom :-))
The bottom line for me is that ALL forms of public aviation posting have
lost their lustre for me, and I don't post anywhere near as often as I
used to.
To be quite frank, I'm just tired of dealing with it. I still drop a few
lines here and there but I've given up long ago caring who agrees or
disagrees with me on anything.
They say this comes to all who stay on forums for any length of time.
There's some truth to it for sure :-))

The sad thing from my perspective is that I've learned a whole heck of a lot
from these groups. I feel as though I got at least a few years of "free
experience" by learning from others in the group. I like the setup of
piloting/owning/ifr where piloting acts as the general forum. I'd love to
see a similar more disciplined setup somewhere.

Marco



There is much of value that passes on both types of forums. It all boils
down to whether or not you are willing to put up with the crap you will
find on Usenet. Personally, I've reached the point where for me, the
crap on Usenet simply isn't worth my time. I come and go with little
expectation of a positive result. If I happen to get a positive result,
I simply consider that a good day and I'll converse with respectful
Usenet posters. If I don't find that, I'll tell people to go ****
themselves in a heartbeat!
On the moderated forums, I know going in that I'll never have to resort
to telling anyone to go **** themselves, and for me, that's important.
You see, I don't particularly like telling people to go **** themselves.


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Dudley Henriques