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   Craig Cockburn to S Viemeister   
   Re: Moderator required for this group   
   29 Nov 15 12:47:54   
   
   From: craig@siliconglen.com   
      
   On Tuesday, 20 October 2015 17:20:15 UTC+1, S Viemeister  wrote:   
   > On 10/20/2015 11:46 AM, Custos Custodum wrote:   
   > > S Viemeister  wrote   
   > >> On 10/20/2015 5:36 AM, Jellore wrote:   
   > >>> On Friday, October 2, 2015 at 7:23:29 PM UTC+10, David Edmunds wrote:   
   > >>>> It may be too late to do anything about this newsgroup, but surely   
   > >>>> those of us remaining should try to do something.   
   > >>>> Anyone out there have any ideas?   
   > >>>> Whatever happened to the plans for Usenet 2.0?   
   > >>> Sad to see this once vibrant newsgroup struggling   
   > >> A number of the more entertaining members died.   
   > > And most of the rest decamped to Facebook, no doubt preferring the real-   
   > > time immediacy of that medium over content threading. Unfortunately, that   
   > > only works if everyone is in the same part of the world.   
   > >   
   > The scs group on FB now offers a type of threading.   
      
   I prefer facebook now. Less spam.   
      
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