Death of the newsgroup.

On Nov 26, 5:49*am, " wrote:
On Nov 25, 9:39*am, gorgon wrote:

I am pulling the plug on this newsgroup. *It is now officially dead in
my opinion.

I wish you were wrong, but you are not. *I see the same thing in the
other groups I inhabit. *The day of the Internet may be over, and now
Facebook and the like are in the ascendant. *That's very sad.

Mike

I couldn't help but notice the similarities between thw groups and the
old CB radios. Remember how the old CB's started out being polite and
helpful and a nice tool for truckers and travelers? Then they got so
abusive a person couldn't turn one on around children they were so
nasty. Seems the groups are going through the same thing. Why? I have
no clue, maybe someone else does.

Bruce

On 11/26/2010 6:59 PM, gpabruce wrote:

I couldn't help but notice the similarities between thw groups and the
old CB radios. Remember how the old CB's started out being polite and
helpful and a nice tool for truckers and travelers? Then they got so
abusive a person couldn't turn one on around children they were so
nasty. Seems the groups are going through the same thing. Why? I have
no clue, maybe someone else does.

Lack of personal consequences. Say those things face-to-face, and
you're likely to get punched. Same them over the air on a CB or on
USENET using a "handle," and you're untouchable. Look at how much the
garbage level rises when the participants start claiming to have
identified their opponents.

Ron Wanttaja

On Nov 27, 12:54*am, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 11/26/2010 6:59 PM, gpabruce wrote:

I couldn't help but notice the similarities between thw groups and the
old CB radios. Remember how the old CB's started out being polite and
helpful and a nice tool for truckers and travelers? Then they got so
abusive a person couldn't turn one on around children they were so
nasty. Seems the groups are going through the same thing. Why? I have
no clue, maybe someone else does.

Lack of personal consequences. *Say those things face-to-face, and
you're likely to get punched. *Same them over the air on a CB or on
USENET using a "handle," and you're untouchable. *Look at how much the
garbage level rises when the participants start claiming to have
identified their opponents.

Ron Wanttaja

Ron is right on with his thoughts...

Anyone can hide behind screen names and throw BS every which way.

Ron, me, Jay and a very few others actually use our REAL names and can
and will defend ourselves. The spineless others hide the shadows of
stealth names....... Ya wanna be taken seriously............ Step up
to the plate and identify yourselves.


Rant off.

Ben Haas.
www.haaspowerair.com

stol writes:

Ron, me, Jay and a very few others actually use our REAL names and can
and will defend ourselves.

True enough. The single best thing to add to the Internet might be a
voluntary, certified non-anonymous ID, to be used for purchases and
groups where the participants don't want the nimrods. Well, you'd still
have nimrods, but you could screen them out a lot easier.
--
We took pictures of the native girls, but they weren't
developed. . . But we're going back next week.
Groucho Marx

Bug Dout wrote:

stol writes:

Ron, me, Jay and a very few others actually use our REAL names and can
and will defend ourselves.

True enough. The single best thing to add to the Internet might be a
voluntary, certified non-anonymous ID, to be used for purchases and
groups where the participants don't want the nimrods. Well, you'd still
have nimrods, but you could screen them out a lot easier.

Microsoft Passport (now "Windows Live ID") attempts (or attempted) to do
just that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_ID

The service might have gained more traction if it had been done by a firm
with few or no conflicts of interest with other Internet entities (i.e. a
firm that did nothing but single-sign-on and user authentication.)

This newsgroup has become clogged by a couple of write-only posters. I have seen newsgroups die before. When a critical mass of uresponsive or posters is reached, real discussion dies of starvation. It seems Usenet does have a lot of competition now, too, of course. Twitter, in particular, covers some of the same market. In some ways, the 140 character limit is a good thing, and there are ways around it.