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Is this NG becoming unuseable?
I have been subscribing to rec.travel.africa for about 10 years now. I
have recently noticed a huge amount of rubbish here that has nothing to do with travel in Africa. I've also noticed an enormous immigration into the NG of posters who contribute nothing but repeated, mindless drivel. There was a time, not so long ago, where the conversations here were sensible, focussed, and meaningful. Many questions were responsibly answered, and loads of useable information was shared. This is no longer the case, and it seems that the majority of postings here revolve around some-or-other slanging match between personallities who shouldn't (perhaps) be here in the first place. Do the "old-timers" agree, or am I being reactionary? Regards, Marc - Johannesburg |
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Is this NG becoming unuseable?
"Marc Lurie" wrote in message ... I have been subscribing to rec.travel.africa for about 10 years now. I have recently noticed a huge amount of rubbish here that has nothing to do with travel in Africa. I've also noticed an enormous immigration into the NG of posters who contribute nothing but repeated, mindless drivel. There was a time, not so long ago, where the conversations here were sensible, focussed, and meaningful. Many questions were responsibly answered, and loads of useable information was shared. This is no longer the case, and it seems that the majority of postings here revolve around some-or-other slanging match between personallities who shouldn't (perhaps) be here in the first place. Do the "old-timers" agree, or am I being reactionary? Yes to both. I subscibe to a handful of NGs, and see the same deterioration on all of them. It seems to come in cycles, and despite the drivel and spam, some excellent new posters seem to trickle in with the riff-raff. I've learned to just ignore or delete threads that are cluttering up the place, and to recognize that certain posters traditionally and continually still have something useful to say, so I always read their posts. --riverman |
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Le Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:14:57 +0800, riverman a écrit :
Do the "old-timers" agree, or am I being reactionary? Yes to both. I subscibe to a handful of NGs, and see the same deterioration on all of them. It seems to come in cycles, and despite the drivel and spam, some excellent new posters seem to trickle in with the riff-raff. I've learned to just ignore or delete threads that are cluttering up the place, and to recognize that certain posters traditionally and continually still have something useful to say, so I always read their posts. Couldn't say better. But being reactionnary might be good thing also to preserve a newsgroup... -- Marie-Aude www.trassagere.com www.oasisdemezgarne.com www.ayour.org |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:14:57 +0800, "riverman"
wrote: Yes to both. I subscibe to a handful of NGs, and see the same deterioration on all of them. It seems to come in cycles, and despite the drivel and spam, some excellent new posters seem to trickle in with the riff-raff. I've learned to just ignore or delete threads that are cluttering up the place, and to recognize that certain posters traditionally and continually still have something useful to say, so I always read their posts. --riverman But there's so much rubbish to wade through just to get to one or two sensible threads that makes me think that it's just easier not to use the NG. Anyway, I hope the idiots tire soon and leave us be. |
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Is this NG becoming unuseable?
"Marc Lurie" wrote in message ... I have been subscribing to rec.travel.africa for about 10 years now. I have recently noticed a huge amount of rubbish here that has nothing to do with travel in Africa. Meanwhile, I seem to have been completely wrong in my prediction of what would happen in DRC after the elections. :-/ --riverman |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:59:50 +0800, "riverman"
wrote: Meanwhile, I seem to have been completely wrong in my prediction of what would happen in DRC after the elections. :-/ --riverman Yup, I'm afraid so. I see that our ambasador was evacuated from Kinshasa after his residence came under shellfire yesterday. Most of my clients (especially those in the east) are making plans to evacuate at VERY short notice if necessary. We'll just wait and see what happens... |
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Is this NG becoming unuseable?
Marc Lurie wrote: I have been subscribing to rec.travel.africa for about 10 years now. I have recently noticed a huge amount of rubbish here that has nothing to do with travel in Africa. I've also noticed an enormous immigration into the NG of posters who contribute nothing but repeated, mindless drivel. There was a time, not so long ago, where the conversations here were sensible, focussed, and meaningful. Many questions were responsibly answered, and loads of useable information was shared. This is no longer the case, and it seems that the majority of postings here revolve around some-or-other slanging match between personallities who shouldn't (perhaps) be here in the first place. Do the "old-timers" agree, or am I being reactionary? Regards, Marc - Johannesburg welcome to usenet |
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On 22 Aug 2006 06:27:29 -0700, wrote:
welcome to usenet That's NOT an answer. |
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