From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 08/25/2013 11:36 AM, Robert Marshall wrote:   
   > On Sat, Aug 24 2013, Aragorn  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Saturday 24 August 2013 20:23, Aragorn conveyed the following to   
   >> alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
   >>   
   >>> On Saturday 24 August 2013 19:39, Robert Marshall conveyed the   
   >>> following to alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Fri, Aug 23 2013, Aragorn  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Cool, a spammer made it into the top-3... :-/   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yes, I've been debating whether to stop these posts (which I   
   >>>> propagate) as they form most of the traffic in this increasingly   
   >>>> quiet group. Any strong opinions?   
   >>>   
   >>> Personally I have always liked these stats - I was already around back   
   >>> when Garry Knight first started posting them here - and I have also   
   >>> always regretted that not every newsgroup has them.  I have already   
   >>> seen stats somewhat similar to these - but not as complete and not as   
   >>> well- formatted - in another group once, and I would welcome them in   
   >>> certain other high-traffic groups I'm subscribed to.   
   >>>   
   >   
   > Thanks!   
   >   
   >>> On account of alt.os.linux.mandriva however, it would indeed appear   
   >>> that traffic here is getting fewer and fewer by the week.  I believe   
   >>> this may be the result of two main factors, i.e. ...   
   >>>   
   >>>    ° The creation of the Mageia distribution, along with its own   
   >>>      dedicated newsgroup alt.os.linux.mageia, coupled to the success of   
   >>>      both said distribution and said newsgroup, in comparison to this   
   >>>      group here and the Mandriva distribution.  Most of the Mageia   
   >>>      adopters used to be Mandriva users - some still use both   
   >>>      distributions - and as such, there has been quite a move of group   
   >>>      regulars from this group to alt.os.linux.mageia.  Apparently, most   
   >>>      of them aren't even looking back anymore, which has left this   
   >>>      group here somewhat devastated.   
   >>>   
   >   
   > Yes the machine (on which the newsspool is) used to run mandriva but is   
   > now mageia.   
   >   
   Have you considered beginning to compile stats for the Mageia group? It   
   isn't as active as either the Mandriva or Mandrake groups were in their   
   heydays, but it's certainly more active than this group is now.   
      
   TJ   
      
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