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From: YD on 10 Jan 2010 22:21 Late at night, by candle light, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> penned this immortal opus: >On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:53:30 -0800 (PST), Michael B ><baughfam(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > >>I'm not convinced it's a trolling. >>I looked at the listing from a year ago at this time. >>There were several active topics, and three spams. >>Now, there are only about three active threads, and >>they have deviated considerably off topic, and there >>are at least 19 spams ranging from sneakers to >>nudes. >>So indeed, there is still a batch of daily messages, >>if you call them that, but the signal-to-noise ratio >>has gotten really bad since this time last year. And >>that doesn't speak well for the future. > >--- >SPAM is easy to control with properly configured filters and a decent >newsreader, and threads will wind about and go on and off topic; that's >why they're called threads... > >On the other hand, shunning malevolent elements like you is a little >more difficult and putting you in your place usually requires more time >and effort than is devoted to answering the simple technical queries >expected here. > >I'm sure that some folks object to your shenanigans and leave, just to >get you out of their hair, just as I'm sure there are many more who >enjoy seeing you getting slapped around and some, indeed, who enjoy >doing the slapping. :-) > >Bottom line is, I think, if the attrition isn't natural because of, say, >a growing lack of interest in basic electronics, then it's at least >partially due to trolls like you who make spending time here less than >enjoyable for those who wish the newsgroup's charter would be more >closely adhered to. > > >JF I've unsubscribed a couple of groups that due to trolls and attrition ended up equal parts inanities and spam. The really knowledgeable people got fed up and left. - YD. -- Remove HAT if replying by mail.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 10 Jan 2010 21:26 nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: > >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >>> nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: > >>> > >>>> Come on, admit it. I don't like the fact it's dying anymore then the > >>>> next regular user. I've a wide range of interests from a-z and all the > >>>> groups are a shadow of what they once were. Even this one is down to > >>>> 1105 members, of which only about a dozen people regularly post. > >>>> When you see a group with only a half dozen threads going and days > >>>> between new posts its days are numbered. > >>> Then its time for youto unplug your computer and beat it with a > >>> sledge hammer. When there is nothing left that you vcan identify, start > >>> banging your head into a brick wall while yelling, "It'll soon be all > >>> over!!!" > >>> > >> Typical, don't like the message and attack the messenger....You don't > >> believe postings are now far lower to this group than what they were > >> even two years ago? > > > > > > You're a messenger? Not likely. You're just an angry twit. > > > > As far as the number of messages? Giganews shows 141563 messages for > > sci.electronics.basics since early 2003. > > > > What calendar are you using? I said: > > "You don't believe postings are now far lower to this group than what > they were even two years ago?" > > It's now 2010, two years ago was 2008, not 2003. Even so that only works > out to about 55 posts a day from 2003. Show me the stats from 2008 to > the current date........So far for the month of January ( as of this > post) there are only 50 posts to sci.electronics.basics. I'm not the > only one who notices thi, 13 of the 50 posts have the subject line > "Maybe time to shut down this newsgroup". Yawn..................................... -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: nospam on 10 Jan 2010 22:07 Michael A. Terrell wrote: > nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >>> nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: >>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >>>>> nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Come on, admit it. I don't like the fact it's dying anymore then the >>>>>> next regular user. I've a wide range of interests from a-z and all the >>>>>> groups are a shadow of what they once were. Even this one is down to >>>>>> 1105 members, of which only about a dozen people regularly post. >>>>>> When you see a group with only a half dozen threads going and days >>>>>> between new posts its days are numbered. >>>>> Then its time for youto unplug your computer and beat it with a >>>>> sledge hammer. When there is nothing left that you vcan identify, start >>>>> banging your head into a brick wall while yelling, "It'll soon be all >>>>> over!!!" >>>>> >>>> Typical, don't like the message and attack the messenger....You don't >>>> believe postings are now far lower to this group than what they were >>>> even two years ago? >>> >>> You're a messenger? Not likely. You're just an angry twit. >>> >>> As far as the number of messages? Giganews shows 141563 messages for >>> sci.electronics.basics since early 2003. >>> >> What calendar are you using? I said: >> >> "You don't believe postings are now far lower to this group than what >> they were even two years ago?" >> >> It's now 2010, two years ago was 2008, not 2003. Even so that only works >> out to about 55 posts a day from 2003. Show me the stats from 2008 to >> the current date........So far for the month of January ( as of this >> post) there are only 50 posts to sci.electronics.basics. I'm not the >> only one who notices thi, 13 of the 50 posts have the subject line >> "Maybe time to shut down this newsgroup". > > > Yawn..................................... > > In ability to back up your claim noted.
From: YD on 11 Jan 2010 05:49 Late at night, by candle light, "Mike Warren" <miwa-not-this-bit(a)or-this-csas.net.au> penned this immortal opus: >YD wrote: > >>How do you tally the membership? AFAIK newsservers don't keep a count >>on subscribed groups on a user basis. > >XanaNews Statistic for sci.electronics.basics. 11/01/2010 12:20:42 PM > Can't see how that adds up. Says nothing about subscribers around the world. There's no such thing as membership in a group, only subscriptions, and those can't be tallied unless you access every newsserver in the world and add up which groups get their header downloaded by how many. Do a read-up on how usenet actually works. <snipped stats> - YD. -- Remove HAT if replying by mail.
From: You on 11 Jan 2010 16:27
In article <tp5lk51t3qt65aioqudtqtbsb5mnliv7to(a)4ax.com>, YD <ydtechHAT(a)techie.com> wrote: > How do you tally the membership? AFAIK newsservers don't keep a count > on subscribed groups on a user basis. > > - YD. > -- > Remove HAT if replying by mail. No but Goggle does..... |