>
> Any examples to back up these assertions? Or are they pulled out of
> thin air?

No worse now than it's always been.

>
>
>
> > Proposal: rec.food.cooking be split into 5 unmoderated groups:
>
> > rec.food.cooking.misc rec.food.cooking.cookware rec.food.cooking.recipes
> > rec.food.cooking.media rec.food.cooking.discuss
>
>
> > rec.food.cooking.recipes (unmoderated) Recipes and requests.
>
> A redundant version of rec.food.recipes. Again, if splits worked,
> recipe discussions would take place exclusively in r.f.r.

The moderated r.f.r. has already died. Didn't you notice? An
unmoderated group will fare no better.

N.