On Jan 17, 12:43*pm, "vaughn" wrote:
"george" wrote in message

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They'll come back when the spammers move on

I wish that were true. *Spam aside, rec.aviation.piloting is part of the Usenet.
(seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet) The Usenet actually predates the web
browser *by several years and can be thought of as the "original" Internet.
For many reasons, the Usenet has been in decline for several years now. *I can
see this decline in almost every group I follow. *Unfortunately, the Usenet is
on its way out. *Spammers and trolls are undeniably a problem, but they are not
the main reason for the decline of this forum.

They weren't problems back in the FidoNet days.
Back then the SYSOPs vetted their subscribers messaging..
However I feel that Usernet is still going to be around if only to
give voice to those who are somewhat lacking in social skills.
And to those who try to correct their view of the world... /wry smile