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   From: imc@comlab.ox.ac.uk   
      
   Probably Joy C. typed into a real computer:   
   >About the show-oriented friends thing... I don't think it applies 100%   
   >of the time. I mean, 15 years after QL ended we *still* have people   
   >meeting and becoming friends because of the show.   
      
   It began 15 years ago.  It's not quite 11 years since it ended.   
   (Gosh, has it been so long?)   
      
   >I think one problem for this particular newsgroup is that people in   
   >general have moved on to the more Yahoogroups-ish and message   
   >board-ish format, leaving the newsgroup format behind. I myself don't   
   >use a newsgroup program to check messages on here. I read and send   
   >messages through Google Groups in a browser.   
      
   >So, I don't think changing interests is the only reason the newsgroup   
   >has become quiet. The evolution of communications via the Internet is   
   >also a factor.   
      
   Are there any other environments apart from the Internet in which   
   things can "evolve" from a good thing into a worse thing?   
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