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   "Fred J. McCall"  wrote in message   
   news:t9bnfa5soukmmt2eck20n48us794ltur56@4ax.com...   
   > "Mary"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>"Fred J. McCall"  wrote in message   
   >>news:1b2nfad5mbd3aajbeitkor7nmlflrjkvms@4ax.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.   
   >>   
   >>But its been quite a few years since most ISP's stopped carrying   
   >>newsgroups.   
   >>But soon after they stopped, most people who liked certain newsgroups   
   >>found   
   >>free news servers. Since my ISP stopped providing newsgroups years ago   
   >>now,   
   >>Ive used Aioe for my news server and also Ive used Eternal-September both   
   >>good and free. Google was free but I never used it for newsgroups. Google   
   >>groups used to be not bad years ago, but I havent been on them for years.   
   >>I didn't think it was too bad for trolls on scs but it had its share, but   
   >>there are groups a lot worse for trolls. You've been posting here quite   
   >>regularly for a lot of years now. Its not that long since a lot of people   
   >>from here went to Facebook and Twitter and maybe just wanted something   
   >>new -   
   >>a change and liked it there.   
   >>   
   >   
   > The death of Usenet has been a gradual thing and a lot of factors   
   > played in it.  The decline actually started back when AOL first   
   > started providing Usenet access...   
      
   Whenw as that? what year?  When I first came on the Internet it was 1997 and   
   it was pretty popular at the time, but it didnt appeal to everybody. Lots of   
   people at the time and even now, never heard of it. but the ones who did go   
   on newsgroups liked it. It wasnt on the decline when I first went on it. its   
   only been in the last few years that Ive noticed a decline. at least on the   
   groups I read or checked.   
      
      
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