Where are all the posts?

This group appears to have died, almost. Where has everyone gone?

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:01:00 -0500, Edward wrote:

This group appears to have died, almost. Where has everyone gone?

It's not just this group, but the entire Usenet that's dying. Due to the
lack of use, ISPs as well as the "Big One" Microsoft are terminating
their hosting forcing users to find dedicated Usenet servers elsewhere.
The Usenet like the BBS will soon be a relic of a bygone era.
Obsolescence has always be the consequence of progress.

Where are they going? Look at how fast all the "social network" sites
have boomed in the past few years. New consumers with different tastes.

Stef

Sadly, this group was hijacked by a few obscene and uncontrolled
people who not only insulted everyone but also usurped peoples
identities and it sent every normal person away.

On 9/25/2010 1:12 PM, Rosaly Z. Greenberger wrote:
Sadly, this group was hijacked by a few obscene and uncontrolled people
who not only insulted everyone but also usurped peoples
identities and it sent every normal person away.

Does that mean that those of us that are left aren't normal? ;-)

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Ray
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www.CompressorStuff.com

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:45:43 +0000 (UTC), Stefan Patric wrote:

It's not just this group, but the entire Usenet that's dying.

Dying? As in "going to be dead"? What a crock.
--
Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services
I never have nor ever will solicit or accept a booking.

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:35:19 -0500, Stu wrote:

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:35:54 -0700, "John Sisker"
wrote:

"Stefan Patric" wrote in message
...

Where are they going? Look at how fast all the "social network" sites
have boomed in the past few years. New consumers with different tastes.

Stef




Not all newsgroups have suffered the same fate as this one - yet. Yes, it
may be coming, but at least not quite as apparent as what is happening here.
A major reason why this particular newsgroup is being accelerated into
almost oblivion, is from the antic of a troll called Ari Silverstein, or
whatever his real name is.

Using this fake name, Ari's premise is simple... "a lie is as good as the
truth if he can get someone to believe it." But heed this warning; he has
tried all of this before. Just look back on this newsgroups, and there he
will be in all his pathetic ugliness. Yet, this time it is much worse. Out
to undermine this newsgroups to the point that seemingly he alone appears to
be the only authority on just about everything, and/or pretends he is trying
to warn us of others, he not only fabricates all he says, but does much of
it by stealing the identity of many others, including yours truly, as the
means to this end.

Unfortunately, because of these very antics by Ari, some of the regulars
have already moved on to other forms of communication, or soon will be,
including many of the travel agents. And after chasing them away by posting
vile messages under their names, he chastises them for leaving the group. He
then tries to fool readers here that he is the savior of the group - when in
fact he is the person who has caused all the anarchy.

Yet, maybe I'm not that easily scared off, for in spite of the likes of Ari,
I continue, and will continue, to post related information on this
newsgroup.

Don't worry John, eventually he will screw up and will have his ISP
turf his ass off their server. It's only a matter of time, many here
are patiently waiting.

Keep waiting, Bucko, it hasn't happened in over a decade and you know
why? I am not in violation of any TOS of any ISP I have ever had.

Which is the ultimate proof that your "Ari conspiracy" is a full of
**** as you are, Stu-pid.
--
Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services
I never have nor ever will solicit or accept a booking.

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:23:29 -0700, RayC wrote:

On 9/25/2010 1:12 PM, Rosaly Z. Greenberger wrote:
Sadly, this group was hijacked by a few obscene and uncontrolled people
who not only insulted everyone but also usurped peoples
identities and it sent every normal person away.

Does that mean that those of us that are left aren't normal? ;-)

rofl
--
Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services
I never have nor ever will solicit or accept a booking.

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:35:54 -0700, John Sisker wrote:

Yet, maybe I'm not that easily scared off, for in spite of the likes of Ari,
I continue, and will continue, to post related information on this
newsgroup.

Have at it, in another ten years you still won't have your *first*
customer from RTC.

*LOL*
--
Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services
I never have nor ever will solicit or accept a booking.

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:40:04 -0400, Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. wrote:

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:45:43 +0000 (UTC), Stefan Patric wrote:

It's not just this group, but the entire Usenet that's dying.

Dying? As in "going to be dead"? What a crock.

Believe what you will, but the growing and rapid decrease in Usenet
traffic is systemic, and a harbinger of its eventual demise as a public
forum. For example, 10 to 15 years ago rtc got a hundred or more
messages every day. How many in the last 24 hours? 2 or 3 dozen? And
the vast majority of those had nothing at all to do with cruising.


Stef

On 25/09/2010 11:01 PM, Edward wrote:
This group appears to have died, almost. Where has everyone g




Notwithstanding the concerns of some posters re a few posters - the
simple fact is that - Usenet is all but dead - in all forums.

Spammers, faster more focussed social networking sites have all
contributed to Usenet's inevitable death.

It's evolution - in progress!