On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 12:35:12 PM UTC+13, Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   > "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.   
   >   
   > --   
   > You are   
   > What you do   
   > When it counts.   
      
   Apart from REAL freedom of speech it doesn't really offer much nowadays. No   
   pics, vids etc.   
      
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