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   From: hayesstw.spamless@yahoo.com   
      
   Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed a marked deterioration in the   
   quality of postings on Usenet in the last few weeks?   
      
   It used to be possible, somewhere among the spam, the rants, the flames, and   
   the off-topic junk, to find something worth reading, in at least one or two   
   newsgroups. Now I go on line, and find that that I've gone through some of the   
   newsgroups that used to be among the better ones, read the headers, and not   
   downloaded any of the bodies.   
      
   Where have all the interesting posters gone?   
      
   Most newsgroups seem to be filled with off-topic postings (like this one!) or   
   inane junk.   
      
   Where have all the people who used to post interesting stuff gone? Have the   
   idiots just driven them out? Or have they given up and just stopped writing?   
      
   Why is it so difficult to attract intelligent people to post in newsgroups?   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
   http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm   
   E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)