On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 3:56:47 PM UTC-8, wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:42:08 +1100, Xeno >
> wrote:
>
> >On 21/02/2015 12:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> On 2/20/2015 6:11 PM, notbob wrote:
> >>>> Seems like the few remaining regulars are no longer interested in
> >>>> cooking.
> >>>
> >>>> If rfc dies from lack of participation, it will be the current
> >>>> regulars who will be responsible.
> >>>>
> >>>> nb
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> 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 have tried to get people to use Usenet but they won't.
> >
> >Usenet is in its death throes. Very few ISPs are even hosting newsgroups
> >on their own servers these days. Young people are simply not interested,
> >they have many alternate forms of communication.
>
> They (young people) are too busy trying to stay one jump ahead of
> older people, that mean 25+ My greatgranddaughter told me FB was
> 'geezerfied' lol

When Facebook first rolled out, it was limited to people with .edu
email addresses. There was already Friendster, Xanga, and Myspace.