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   Martin Phipps  wrote:   
   > On Dec 29, 2:28 am, "KalElFan"  wrote:   
   > > [note crossposts to five unmoderated groups that I'm subscribed to   
   > > and have participated in, in some cases for 10-15 years]   
   > >   
   > > So there I was thinking about what to title this thread and where to   
   > > post it, eh?  Later in the thread I'll post the draft title I had prior to   
   > > the one I've settled on: "META+ The Root Cause of Usenet's Decline".   
   >   
   > Well, obviously the decline is due to the fact that usenet used to be   
   > for university students and today its for everyone.  Or possibly no   
   > one as you can't expect a system that tries to please everyone to   
   > please anyone.  Seriously, twenty years ago anyone who wasn't heavily   
   > into either Star Trek or porn wouldn't have been interested in Usenet.   
      
     That may be *your* experience, but Usenet was not only and not even   
   mainly used by university students, but also/mainly by industry. Think   
   for example of a 150K employee company with Class A Net 15 (and 'now'   
   also 16).   
      
     And sorry to rain on your parade, but I'm using/running Usenet since   
   nearly three decades and I've never used it for Star Trek or porn.   
      
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