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Whither the Gardeners?

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From: lala...@hotmail.com (Another John)
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by: Another John - Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:56 UTC

Like all Usenet groups, uk.rec.gardening has suffered a drop-off of
contributors in recent years.

Presumably, some have gone to web forums: does anyone have a
recommendation?

It will be hard, in a Web Forum, to find the consistently erudite, and
sensible (and polite) advice found here. But I thought it was high time
I started looking.

I will still read this group of course -- Usenet News has _never_ been
equalled on the web, as a structured discussion group. But Usenet --
s-l-o-w-l-y -- is dying :-(

Cheers
John

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by: Bob Hobden - Fri, 29 Apr 2022 22:19 UTC

On 29 Apr 2022 11:56, Another John wrote:
> Like all Usenet groups, uk.rec.gardening has suffered a drop-off of
> contributors in recent years.
>
> Presumably, some have gone to web forums: does anyone have a
> recommendation?
>
> It will be hard, in a Web Forum, to find the consistently erudite, and
> sensible (and polite) advice found here. But I thought it was high time
> I started looking.
>
> I will still read this group of course -- Usenet News has _never_ been
> equalled on the web, as a structured discussion group. But Usenet --
> s-l-o-w-l-y -- is dying :-(
>

The problems are that Hgs are not well known, Usenet certainly isn't,
and it takes a bit of effort to get here. You have to find a server
that still supports Usenet Ngs (Eternal September) register and then
find a program to access them.
Most now use web based mail not an email client program like
Thunderbird so have little idea.
However, there is a free App on Windows called Newsgroups RT that I now
use to access here.

--
Regards.
Bob Hobden

Subject	Author
Whither the Gardeners?	Another John
Re: Whither the Gardeners?	Bob Hobden