On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:59:46 -0400, Mike Duffy
> wrote:

>On 31 Jul 2015 14:17:06 GMT, notbob wrote:
>
>> Or is it about what this newsgroup seems to have devolved into, which
>> is a mean spirited name-calling troll fest, where everyone has become
>> increasingly negative. No wonder so many old-timers have bailed.
....

It's the nature oif Usenet, or I should say people. I discovered this
right at first in the mid to late 1990's on a Usenet newsgroup for
aircooled VWs. I read the nerwsgroup for a while first to get the feel
of the room STS, then I composed my first post, a question about dual
carburators on those old VW flat four engines. I composed a nice
polite cogent question and posted it.

I did not get a lot of replies! I was kind of devastated, because in
reading the group regularly I got s feel for the traffic on the group,
and I knew that perolle were just ignoring my nice polite question! So
I took a different approach, I composed another top level post and
entitled it "Dual carburators SUCK!" and then in the message body said
"Aha! Now that I have your attention..." and repeated my question. I
get a LOT more response!!

I learned if you want attention on Usenet, be an asshole!

People tend not to respond to things that don't **** them off!

John Kuthe...