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Article #716521Re: Away for a bit over a year from csipg.strategic and I see only 265 posts - is the group dead or the usenet dead?
From: David Lamb
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:51
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:51
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On 12/04/2012 9:12 AM, Carl Lundstedt wrote: > MK wrote: >> Been largely busy with work and life, pulled the new headers in the >> group to find 265 new posts only. > Usenet gaming groups are dying, pretty much dead. Title specific forums > seemed to have filled in that niche. OTOH that means that typically only old-timers with lots of valuable experience post on USENET (with fewer flaming trolls than the web fora, as far as I can see). I still get useful/interesting info from my favourite USENET groups. > I'd recommend getting an account on eternal september and drop any pay for > usenet accounts. http://www.eternal-september.org/ Highly recommended! I switched when my ISP's NNTP support started flaking out too regularly.
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