On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:48:29 -0000, "Ophelia"
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>> Ophelia wrote:
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>>> "Judy" > wrote in message
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>>> > 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 ...
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>Perhaps some people are not able to cope with the vindictive posts here.

True, but those people bring the vindictiveness upon themselves. Some
people simply have a negative cowardly disposition, they like to
insult but can't handle the incoming, they have very thin skin. Thin
skinned humourless people don't belong on usenet