From: sirslick@fast.net   
      
   On Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 6:53:58 PM UTC-5, JE Corbett wrote:   
   > On Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 7:34:25 AM UTC-5, Bud wrote:    
   > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 8:10:57 PM UTC-5, Hank Sienzant wrote:    
   > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 7:53:36 PM UTC-5, JE Corbett wrote:    
   > > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 4:16:52 PM UTC-5, Bud wrote:    
   > > > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 8:22:24 AM UTC-5, JE Corbett   
   wrote:    
   > > > > > > I doubt I will. Just not worth the time or expense of getting a   
   new newsreader.    
   > > > > > Pretty sure I won`t. I`m an old dog, I don`t want to have to learn   
   new tricks.    
   > > > > >    
   > > > > > But there is mixed signals, if you hit "learn more" you`ll find...   
   "Starting on February 22, 2024..."    
   > > > > >    
   > > > > > So maybe an extra week in paradise.    
   > > > > > > This group has already been reduced to maybe a dozen regular   
   contributors,    
   > > > > > > about a half dozen on each side. If we lose half of them which is   
   my guess,    
   > > > > > > the remaining contributors will be speaking to a very small   
   audience. What is    
   > > > > > > our most prolific poster, Yellowpanties, going to do when he   
   doesn't have LN    
   > > > > > > content to delete?    
   > > > > > He has chosen to become meaningless background noise. Better for him   
   then actually attempting to engage in ideas.    
   > > > Yes, he’s essentially reduced to spamming the website with the same   
   couple of responses because he doesn't want to actually discuss the evidence.   
   When we've gone toe-to-toe on the evidence, he lost every time. He’ll deny   
   it of course, and call    
   me a liar, but he’ll then spam the group some more and avoid discussing   
   whatever topic is under discussion in that particular thread.    
   > > >    
   > > > By his actions you shall know him.    
   > > >    
   > > > But when you have no evidence, what recourse do you have? Ben is reduced   
   to doing what he does because he has no evidence.    
   > > > > >    
   > > > > > There is really nobody here to discuss things with anyway, there is   
   Ben the Troll, Gil the Martyr and assorted crackpots.    
   > > > > > > The McAdams group died a sudden death when its sole moderator   
   passed    
   > > > > > > away taking the keys to the group with him. This one will probably   
   die a slow    
   > > > > > > death.    
   > > > > > It was dead for about a year here once, I would check in and there   
   would be little to no activity. I don`t know what brought it back to some   
   semblance of activity.    
   > > > > > > I remember once coming across a newsgroup that interested me and I   
   made    
   > > > > > > a long and thoughtful response to something somebody else had   
   written.    
   > > > > > > After posting it, I discovered it was the first post made to that   
   group in seven    
   > > > > > > years. I had come across a Usenet ghost town. I wouldn't be   
   surprised if that    
   > > > > > > becomes the fate of this group, not that 99.99+% of the country   
   will give a    
   > > > > > > shit or even know about it.    
   > > > > > It does appear that we will be able to read the archives using   
   google. We can relive old glory.    
   > > > > We could decide whether the conspiracy hobbyists have become more or   
   less stupid over the years.    
   > > > > >    
   > > > > > Ben had a conspiracy website, maybe we can go there.    
   > > > > Maybe he has it set up for auto delete.    
   > > > He found reasons to lock out everyone he disagreed with. I decided it   
   would not be worth my while to post there, as he would call me a liar and lock   
   me out in short order.    
   > > That is what he did to Mark Urlik.    
   > >    
   > > Imagine, the most dishonest person being the arbiter of truth.   
   > I suspect this group will die soon after the February 15 lockdown. Only   
   those using newsreaders other than Google will be    
   > able to post here and I don't know how many of those there are. I'm sure   
   Yellowpanties is one because of the way he swamp    
   > posts. He's able to dump a whole lot of posts at once which I don't know how   
   you could do using Google. He's probably able    
   > to queue up a whole bunch of posts to a whole lot of threads and probably   
   just hits SEND. I don't know if I'm even going to    
   > stick around the next two month.    
      
     I`ll do what I`ve always done (comment on whatever I feel like commenting   
   on) until the very end. I haven`t changed, the situation has.   
      
     It is sort of like watching a sports team that has never made the playoffs.   
   Who knows, maybe they will actually go somewhere in the next few months. Nah...   
      
   >The announcement seems to have had a chilling effect on new posts. I don't   
   know if any of    
   > the LNs are going to stick around. That will leave the CTs preaching to a   
   very small choir. I wonder how long that will hold    
   > their interest. I might lurk for a while out of curiosity just to see if   
   this inconsequential group survives or whether it will be    
   > reduced to being a spam repository.   
      
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