View Single Post
  #39 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Ophelia[_11_] Ophelia[_11_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 11,356
Default What's wrong with rfc



"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Judy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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

>
> Yes Judy, you were one that I mentioned when you posted some really good
> recipes, even a couple from your granddaughter, and a poster (we all know
> who) said some really awful things to you and about her. It was disgusting
> to say the least, but I wish you would continue to post since you cook a
> lot like I do and I like your recipes. Unfortunately, some other
> newsgroups are just about as hostile, and you know what I'm talking about.
> LOL


+1
--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/