-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Sean Dennis on 01-21-11  20:53 <=-

 MR> own. And You are exactly right about 95% SPAM. I found when bringing in
 MR> USENET groups separately, that that was the case. And the fact that
 MR> many ISP's do not provide them anymore, Traffic by many quality posters
 MR> is lacking or scarce, Many have left. There are few where any fluid
 MR> discussions take place. Years gone by they were a bit different, now
 MR> the postings do not reach the quality of an active Fido area.

That's what I've seen in my limited sample... the genealogy areas.  I
don't even know if the soc.genealogy hierarchy still exists... I last
saw groups from it when they were being gated into the RIME network (and
carried by Chowdanet)...  The sad thing for me, though, is that the Fido
genealogy echos are still pretty much dead.  Dunno where all the
genealogists have gone now... I'm guessing it's more one-on-one, and
using the society websites... 

 MR> ... I'm neither for nor against apathy

Um.. right...   Snagged... 

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