On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 2:53:44 PM UTC-9, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> 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 was one that disappeared from the group for quite awhile, as just
thought it was so darned mean-spirited, and got so bored, and no
longer enjoyed it. was coming here less, so figured why not just
"abandon ship".

One day recently I thought I would try again, so checked it out
and posted in a few threads, but it was the same old...same old,
and really the atmosphere seemed so toxic and it really hadn't
changed at all.

I enjoy talking about cooking and trading recipes, and also
getting information and cooking tips. The back-biting is plain
ridiculous, and I must not be the only one that thought that, as
a lot of the people that were posting here have vanished. This
could be a good group if everybody would "play nice" and learn
to show respect to others. Too bad, so sad.

I've been active on Usenet for 15 years, and have heard since
the beginning it was a dying thing. Sort of the same scenario as the
world is dying, IMO?

Judy