> wrote in message
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> Ophelia wrote:
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>> "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?
>>
>> You don't surprise me, Judy. I am very sorry you have been driven away
>>
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> No one is "driven away", Ms. O, peeps choose to leave or stay of their own
> accord ...

Perhaps some people are not able to cope with the vindictive posts here.

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