From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   "Mary"  wrote:   
      
   >"Adam Whyte-Settlar"  wrote in message   
   >news:eca7703f-352f-4992-89a2-8bc4281595c3@googlegroups.com...   
   >> On Saturday, 28 February 2015 10:06:42 UTC+13, Mary  wrote:   
   >>> I wanted to see if this got posted. I haven't seen any posts on any of   
   >>> the   
   >>> newsgroups I usually check for the last 3 days.   
   >>> Is this the end?   
   >>   
   >> I still drop in from time to time but I rarely follow the threads any   
   >> more.   
   >>   
   >> Its a shame Usenet newsgroups seem to have declined - it was one of the   
   >> last vestiges of free speech.   
   >   
   >I completely agree Adam. I really don't know why it declined. I still go on   
   >a few newsgroups that Ive been on for many years, and some of the same   
   >people that went there years ago, still post there, but not nearly as   
   >active. I can only guess that most people who used to post on newsgroups got   
   >tired of newsgroups and wanted a change and they went to Facebook or Twitter   
   >and like it there. Each to his own I guess.   
   >   
      
   Newsgroups largely declined because most ISPs stopped carrying them.   
   The other driver of the decline was that too many brainless trolls and   
   egomaniacs started infesting them.  A lot of us got bored with it when   
   that happened.  I dropped off for half a dozen years or so, but some   
   folks just never came back.   
      
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