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> On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 3:56:47 PM UTC-8,
> wrote:
>> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:42:08 +1100, Xeno >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 21/02/2015 12:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >>> On 2/20/2015 6:11 PM, notbob wrote:
>> >>>> Seems like the few remaining regulars are no longer interested in
>> >>>> cooking.
>> >>>
>> >>>> If rfc dies from lack of participation, it will be the current
>> >>>> regulars who will be responsible.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> nb
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> The group really needs an influx of new people and to get back on
>> >>> topic. Unfortunately, USENET is dying. The few new people that have
>> >>> stumbled in here do not stay.
>> >>>
>> >>> We really need to do some recruiting. We also have to welcome new
>> >>> participants and make it a more friendly environment.
>> >>
>> >> I have tried to get people to use Usenet but they won't.
>> >
>> >Usenet is in its death throes. Very few ISPs are even hosting newsgroups
>> >on their own servers these days. Young people are simply not interested,
>> >they have many alternate forms of communication.
>>
>> They (young people) are too busy trying to stay one jump ahead of
>> older people, that mean 25+ My greatgranddaughter told me FB was
>> 'geezerfied' lol
>
> When Facebook first rolled out, it was limited to people with .edu
> email addresses. There was already Friendster, Xanga, and Myspace.

I resisted FB for a long time because people said it was a way to hook up
with high school friends. None of my good high school friends are on there.
I have hooked up with people that I did go to school with but they were not
really friends or not close ones. Odd that I talk to them now more than I
did then.