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   On Thu, 7 Nov 2024, Wolfgang Agnes wrote:   
      
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, Wolfgang Agnes wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> But where can we do our recruitment? I'm the only one I know who is   
   >> using usenet. The more avant garde are on mastodon.   
   >   
   > I don't think we should do any recruitment.  Let's let destiny guide   
   > itself.  If there's anything good here and intelligence out there,   
   > things will converge.   
   >   
      
   True, let's put our trust in the lord! He will show us the way!   
      
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