From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   D  wrote:   
   > This is the truth!  As a thought experiment I sometimes think about   
   > how I would be able to handle usenet if it had 10x the nr of posts,   
   > and I don't think I would.   
      
   Been there, seen that....  Circa 1995 (I forget which groups now) the   
   text posting volume was so great in the few groups I was following that   
   it was not possible to keep up.  I was always behind, and falling   
   further behind each day.  Eventually the fall behind problem reached a   
   point where I decided to just drop out.  So I disappeared for a good   
   ten years or so.  Of course, when I did return again, Usenet was a   
   shadow of its former self as far as text posting rates go.   
      
   > It would have to be either a laser focus on a very small nr of   
   > groups, or aggressive filtering of the subject lines.   
      
   One did have to do both, and even so, the volume was impossible to keep   
   up with if the group was at all active.   
      
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