On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 7:03:53 AM UTC+13, Charles Ellson wrote:   
   > On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 20:55:07 -0700 (PDT), gyansorova@gmail.com wrote:   
   >   
   > >On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 1:28:19 PM UTC+13, Charles Ellson wrote:   
   > >> On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 09:37:40 -0700 (PDT), gyansorova@gmail.com wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> >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.   
   > >> >   
   > >> Pictures and videos live in the binary newsgroups.   
   > >   
   > >Not THAT sort of pics and vids!! If you are describing something then a pic   
   > >is worth a thousand words. Scientific things are better on FB. I know   
   > >some old fuddy duddy won't agree. Politics is not so good on FB since   
   > >you are limited - your post may end up front page of the Daily Wank.   
   > >   
   > So what sort of pictures do you expect to find in e.g. -   
   > alt.collecting.pens-pencils.binary   
   > alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art   
   > alt.binaries.tv.simpsons   
   > alt.binaries.sounds.midi.country (OK, that might be offensive)   
   > etc.   
   > ?   
      
   didn't know they even existed!   
   alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.   is where 99.999% of surfers start!   
      
   My personal favourate years ago was   
      
   alt.star-trek.wesley-crusher.die.die.die   
      
   (or something like that)   
      
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