XPost: alt.religion.christian.east-orthodox, alt.books.beatgeneration,   
   alt.usage.english   
   XPost: soc.culture.south-africa, rec.arts.books, misc.education   
   XPost: sci.anthropology   
   From: copeSP@AMZAPca.inter.net   
      
   In article <3f8a2ba5.175417214@news.saix.net>,   
    hayesstw.spamless@yahoo.com (Steve Hayes) wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Well you've answered your own question -- the spam, the rants, the   
   flames, and the off-topic junk drives people away.   
      
   That and cross-posting (like sending *this* message to   
   alt.religion.christian.east-orthodox, alt.books.inklings,   
   alt.books.beatgeneration, alt.usage.english, soc.culture.south-africa,   
   rec.arts.books, misc.education and sci.anthropology).   
      
   But if you are ruthless with a killfile you can get rid of a great deal   
   of the crap and what remains is more pleasant.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)