In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to almost
nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
that and the news servers are still working.
So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
them?
Brian

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My newsreader shows 5745 posts in this group for the last 30 days. It will
be close since alhough I clear out threads over a month old it measure by
the latest post in the thread.

It's the busiest group I take, next is the moderated legal group with 2786
then the Mac group with 1276.

Silversurfers is down to 284 from 10,000 when I first subscribed.

On 27/04/2022 in message <t4apou$vlt$1@dont-email.me> Brian Gaff (Sofa)
wrote:

>In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>almost nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything
>like that and the news servers are still working.
>So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
>them?
>Brian

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doubt, Usenet users are dying faster than they’re being replaced.

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Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to almost
> nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
> that and the news servers are still working.
> So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
> them?
> Brian
>

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On 27/04/2022 08:54, Tim+ wrote:
> There will always be some random fluctuation up and down but without a
> doubt, Usenet users are dying faster than they’re being replaced.
>

There was a report in the past few days that social media usage figures
are down probably due to lockdowns being ended and fewer people home all
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:01:47 +0100, "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)"
<briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to almost
>nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
>that and the news servers are still working.
> So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
>them?
> Brian

Happens every time we have a spell of fine weather, Brian.

Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote

> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
> almost
> nothing.

I haven't seen it as dramatic as that, but certainly the volume has
dropped quite a bit.

> From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
> that and the news servers are still working.

I have seen in just one other group, some posts I have not seen the
original
post, just some replys and they aren't replys which have that group added.

> So has everyone found some new place

No evidence of that.

> or have they just grown tired of them?

One of the most prolific posters in that other group did just that.

Since he disappeared just after he said he had got covid, even
tho full vaccinated, I did wonder if the virus had got him but it
turned out that he did tell someone in another group that he
just got sick of all the argument.

Another, the second most prolific poster apart from that fool
the Peeler in that group also just vanished and from memory
he wasn't vaccinated, but it turned out that he had just broken
his leg and was in rehab for a couple of weeks and has returned
and still posts now.

In this group, the one who used to post using the nick of TabbyPurr
did vanish for quite a while but is now back again using Animal instead.

That vegan bigot just disappeared. So did Harry.

Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
> Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote
>
>> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>> almost
>> nothing.
>
> I haven't seen it as dramatic as that, but certainly the volume has
> dropped quite a bit.
>
>> From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
>> that and the news servers are still working.
>
> I have seen in just one other group, some posts I have not seen the
> original
> post, just some replys and they aren't replys which have that group
> added.
>
>> So has everyone found some new place
>
> No evidence of that.
>
>> or have they just grown tired of them?
>
> One of the most prolific posters in that other group did just that.
>
> Since he disappeared just after he said he had got covid, even
> tho full vaccinated, I did wonder if the virus had got him but it
> turned out that he did tell someone in another group that he
> just got sick of all the argument.
>
> Another, the second most prolific poster apart from that fool
> the Peeler in that group also just vanished and from memory
> he wasn't vaccinated, but it turned out that he had just broken
> his leg and was in rehab for a couple of weeks and has returned
> and still posts now.
>
> In this group, the one who used to post using the nick of TabbyPurr
> did vanish for quite a while but is now back again using Animal instead.
>
> That vegan bigot just disappeared. So did Harry.

And you post a lot less than you used to, presumably because
there are fewer posts that interest you recently. Pamela too.

In message <xn0nh40362sf3l9002@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines
<jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>My newsreader shows 5745 posts in this group for the last 30 days. It
>will be close since alhough I clear out threads over a month old it
>measure by the latest post in the thread.
>
>It's the busiest group I take, next is the moderated legal group with
>2786 then the Mac group with 1276.
>
>Silversurfers is down to 284 from 10,000 when I first subscribed.
>
>
>On 27/04/2022 in message <t4apou$vlt$1@dont-email.me> Brian Gaff (Sofa)
>wrote:
>
>>In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>>almost nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or
>>anything like that and the news servers are still working.
>>So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
>>them?
>>Brian

Folk venturing out after Covid rules relaxation?

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alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote
> Tim+ wrote

>> There will always be some random fluctuation up and down but without a
>> doubt, Usenet users are dying faster than they’re being replaced.

> There was a report in the past few days that social media usage figures
> are down probably due to lockdowns being ended and fewer people home all
> day.

But this group is well down on what it used to be pre covid in the brexit
days

On 27/04/2022 08:01, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to almost
> nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
> that and the news servers are still working.
> So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
> them?
> Brian
>
who is brian ?

On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:51:18 +0100, Jim Stewart ... wrote:

> On 27/04/2022 08:01, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
>> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>> almost nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or
>> anything like that and the news servers are still working.
>> So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired
>> of
>> them?
>> Brian
>>
> who is brian ?

A well known camper.

In article <t4apou$vlt$1@dont-email.me>,
Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to almost
> nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
> that and the news servers are still working.
> So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
> them?

Most now use FaceBook groups etc specifically for their interests. Most
are moderated to prevent the vast amount of OT stuff we get on here. And,
of course, easier to post pics etc relevant to the subject.

It's much the same with other basically text based forums.

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On 27/04/2022 08:54, Tim+ wrote:
> There will always be some random fluctuation up and down but without a
> doubt, Usenet users are dying faster than they’re being replaced.

I'll go with that.

A couple of the groups I follow have had no posts for months.

Andy

Not sure. From the previous reply, it rather looks like older threads have
suddenly awoken again but as has been said also, as we tend to clear out the
old stuff, often any new posts make little sense due to the very long quotes
or missing original posts. I have to say I tend to judge on new thread names
and keep things in the threads and so distributed over a lot of old threads,
it could well be the number of posts mentioned, but it used to be fewer
threads and new ones, not old ones with whiskers!

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"Tim Lamb" <tim@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <xn0nh40362sf3l9002@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines
> <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>>My newsreader shows 5745 posts in this group for the last 30 days. It will
>>be close since alhough I clear out threads over a month old it measure by
>>the latest post in the thread.
>>
>>It's the busiest group I take, next is the moderated legal group with 2786
>>then the Mac group with 1276.
>>
>>Silversurfers is down to 284 from 10,000 when I first subscribed.
>>
>>
>>On 27/04/2022 in message <t4apou$vlt$1@dont-email.me> Brian Gaff (Sofa)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>>>almost nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or
>>>anything like that and the news servers are still working.
>>>So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
>>>them?
>>>Brian
>
> Folk venturing out after Covid rules relaxation?
>
> --
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Yes true, maybe we need an advertising campaign to alert people it exists.
Trouble is a lot of folk use to use Outlook to read the messages, modern
versions of Outlook dropped support, leaving bespoke readers, google and
naff sites like Home Owners Club. Thunderbird still supports them of course,
but I imagine that is a niche product now as well.
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"Tim+" <tim.downie@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> There will always be some random fluctuation up and down but without a
> doubt, Usenet users are dying faster than they're being replaced.
>
> Tim
>
> Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>> almost
>> nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
>> that and the news servers are still working.
>> So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
>> them?
>> Brian
>>
>
>
>
> --
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If the world famous billionaire who bought Twitter the other day, also
bought You tube and Facebook, would he call it youtwitface?

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"alan_m" <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 27/04/2022 08:54, Tim+ wrote:
>> There will always be some random fluctuation up and down but without a
>> doubt, Usenet users are dying faster than they're being replaced.
>>
>
> There was a report in the past few days that social media usage figures
> are down probably due to lockdowns being ended and fewer people home all
> day.
>
>
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Yes but I filtered most of the Brexit posts.
I do tend to feel that the problem is that DIY is now almost as expensive
as getting somebody in to do it and the sheds never seem to stock stuff in
the low quantities we might want, then there is the age thing previously
mentioned and the increased complexity of doing your own electrical wiring
and plumbing of course if you may need to sell the property.
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alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote
> Tim+ wrote

>> There will always be some random fluctuation up and down but without a
>> doubt, Usenet users are dying faster than they're being replaced.

> There was a report in the past few days that social media usage figures
> are down probably due to lockdowns being ended and fewer people home all
> day.

But this group is well down on what it used to be pre covid in the brexit
days

Also of course the lack of easy to use clients in mainstream software is
another problem as well as the sure of servers run by isps.
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"Vir Campestris" <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> On 27/04/2022 08:54, Tim+ wrote:
>> There will always be some random fluctuation up and down but without a
>> doubt, Usenet users are dying faster than they're being replaced.
>
> I'll go with that.
>
> A couple of the groups I follow have had no posts for months.
>
> Andy

Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote

> If the world famous billionaire who bought Twitter the other day, also
> bought You tube and Facebook, would he call it youtwitface?

I'd have you publicly flogged for that if you hadn't so obviously
enjoyed that the last time, boy.

I have to say that nobody is forcing folk to read posts by those who they
consider trolls idiots or time wasters, heck, I've been called worse myself.
you develop a thick skin on these groups.
grin.
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"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote
>
>> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>> almost
>> nothing.
>
> I haven't seen it as dramatic as that, but certainly the volume has
> dropped quite a bit.
>
>> From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
>> that and the news servers are still working.
>
> I have seen in just one other group, some posts I have not seen the
> original
> post, just some replys and they aren't replys which have that group added.
>
>> So has everyone found some new place
>
> No evidence of that.
>
>> or have they just grown tired of them?
>
> One of the most prolific posters in that other group did just that.
>
> Since he disappeared just after he said he had got covid, even
> tho full vaccinated, I did wonder if the virus had got him but it
> turned out that he did tell someone in another group that he
> just got sick of all the argument.
>
> Another, the second most prolific poster apart from that fool
> the Peeler in that group also just vanished and from memory
> he wasn't vaccinated, but it turned out that he had just broken
> his leg and was in rehab for a couple of weeks and has returned
> and still posts now.
>
> In this group, the one who used to post using the nick of TabbyPurr
> did vanish for quite a while but is now back again using Animal instead.
>
> That vegan bigot just disappeared. So did Harry.

Brian is Brian, but Brian is not exclusively this Brian, it could be any
Brian.
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"Jim Stewart ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> On 27/04/2022 08:01, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
>> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>> almost
>> nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
>> that and the news servers are still working.
>> So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
>> them?
>> Brian
>>
> who is brian ?

Sorry don't get that one. Not sure as a blindie I'd want to chance my hand
at camping. I might never be seen again!
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> On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:51:18 +0100, Jim Stewart ... wrote:
>
>> On 27/04/2022 08:01, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
>>> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>>> almost nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or
>>> anything like that and the news servers are still working.
>>> So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired
>>> of
>>> them?
>>> Brian
>>>
>> who is brian ?
>
> A well known camper.

Now this is where I find Usenet better, being blind means I have no use for
pictures, nor do I like the every changing layout of forums and find
Facebook very hard to use productively, as it has to be done on line. Text
is king for the blind user.
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"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <t4apou$vlt$1@dont-email.me>,
> Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> In the last 6 weeks or so, often busy groups seem to be dwindling to
>> almost
>> nothing. From this end I see no issues, ie no real spam or anything like
>> that and the news servers are still working.
>> So has everyone found some new place or have they just grown tired of
>> them?
>
> Most now use FaceBook groups etc specifically for their interests. Most
> are moderated to prevent the vast amount of OT stuff we get on here. And,
> of course, easier to post pics etc relevant to the subject.
>
> It's much the same with other basically text based forums.
>
> --
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>
> Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
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Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote

> Yes but I filtered most of the Brexit posts.

I didn't and still saw a big drop in the
number of posts in this group recently.

> I do tend to feel that the problem is that DIY is now almost as
> expensive
> as getting somebody in to do it

That is bullshit and this group never had a lot of DIY
posts and still has as many as it ever used to have.

> and the sheds never seem to stock stuff in
> the low quantities we might want,

But you can always get low quantitys online,
usually with next day delivery if you need that.

> then there is the age thing previously
> mentioned

We still see about the same number of diy posts.

> and the increased complexity of doing your own electrical wiring

That's bullshit. In many ways it is much easier now that
systems like the Philips Hue system don't need any wired
switches at all, just power looped thru the devices and
low voltage outside.

> and plumbing

That's bullshit too now that there isn't just galvanised pipe
and copper pipe with yorkshire fittings. Glued plastic is
vastly easier to do now. Same with drain plumbing and
gutter plumbing.

> of course if you may need to sell the property.

That makes no difference.

Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote

> Also of course the lack of easy to use clients in mainstream software is
> another problem as well as the sure of servers run by isps.

Google groups fixed that and some of the regulars use nothing else.