sf wrote:
> On 6 Oct 2006 19:48:27 -0700, "aem" > wrote:
> Well, there certainly are not almost 3,000 people who read rfc
> daily.... especially from google. I find google a very boring way to
> do usenet. If I was brand new with only google as a news reader, I
> probably wouldn't even consider sustaining my presence on usenet.
>
> > In other words, all the Usenet readers are not in that
> >2858, right?
>
> I don't understand that statement. You're trying to say there are
> more than 3,000 daily lurkers? If so, I don't agree. How can so many
> people keep their mouths shut with so many opportunities to make a
> statement about something that interests them????

Just because you are subscribed, doesn't mean you read the group
everyday or even more than once a week. I'm subscrbed to a group though
google that I read maybe once a month. I just unsubscribed from a
group the significant other mistakenly subscribed to using my account -
a group which I have never read.

-SD-