From: wagnes@jemoni.to   
      
   Rich  writes:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   That's right.  This gives me the idea that a community should not really   
   be that large.  On the other hand, I do think the size we are right now   
   could be enlarged a bit.   
      
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