On Nov 25, 2:39*pm, gorgon wrote:
I am pulling the plug on this newsgroup. *It is now officially dead in
my opinion. *RIP Bob Hoover..may you not turn over in your grave. With
the last infiltration post ..rant. or whatever you call it, I am done
with this group. *There hasn't been a decent topic thread in months.
Maybe it is time. *When one looks at all the Yahoo groups that still
have an interest in aviation AND courteous, helpful members that stay
on topic (Tailwind, Buttercup, Aeronca, etc) this group is a dinosaur.

Bye

Usenet in general is dead. It was designed in the days of the BBS's,
and there are serious flaws in it's architecture. It is a fair guess
that pretty much everyone who was involved in it when it was cool, has
since moved on the bigger and better technologies, and the only thing
left (administratively speaking) is some narcisistic blatherers who
make up the heriarchy board, and the smut addicts that use the relay
oriented nature of it to hide their surfing habits. (much like IRC)

I also hold little stock in facebook, twitter and their ilk. There
are better ways, both socially and technologically, and they are
fairly trivial to impliment. Unfortunately, there are very few people
who possess the skillset, the vision, and the freedom to make positive
change all at the same time.