From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   John M.  wrote:   
   >Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:30:18 +0000, mjsmagic@aol.com (MJ) wrote:   
      
   >>Thank you for those links! I will be checking them out soon.   
      
   >>I've been following here but haven't posted anything until this. I figured   
   this note would be better than the usual posting of the word "test."   
      
   >>Obviously, there are far less posting here than on the old alt.obituaries.   
   Do you guys think it's because people aren't used to it yet, or am I doing   
   something wrong and not seeing things?   
      
   >>I hope all is well with everyone and I look forward to seeing more postings.   
      
   >I'm also seeing far fewer posts.  I also use a newsreader and   
   >subscribe to a newsserver for access so it's not an artifact of using   
   >other means of access.  Google pulling out did a lot of damage (Well,   
   >it depends on your point of view I guess.).   
      
   Somebody in every single active newsgroup told Google Groups users to   
   become users on genuine News servers and to use newsreaders. Plenty   
   didn't. It's not like people weren't trying to help them change their   
   posting habits.   
      
   Their decision to leave Usenet   
      
   I've had to change News servers many many times in the decades I've been   
   on Usenet. So has almost everyone else. It's just one of those things.   
   There is no reason why Google Groups users couldn't.   
      
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