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Family Forum / Marriage / Divorce / August 2008ASD on the Web
A new website has been established by some of the ASD regulars, with a forum that we are using to avoid the spam and cross-posts which has overrun this newsgroup of late. ... The location is... http://asdweb.ning.com/ We welcome newcomers, old-timers and anyone with a sincere interest in this subject to join us there. = Rog' = >A new website has been established by some of the ASD >regulars, with a forum that we are using to avoid the spam >and cross-posts which has overrun this newsgroup of late. >... The location is... http://asdweb.ning.com/ >We welcome newcomers, old-timers and anyone with a >sincere interest in this subject to join us there. = Rog' = Say, Rog'.... Is it just my imagination, or does it seem that the ambient level of spam/crossposting is declining in this place? Also, it sorta seems to me that the ambient level of *all* traffic here is declining. <grin> As the spammers kill off the legitimate traffic, I'd bet there's less of an incentive for the spammers to be here at all. After all, what's the point in spamming no one but other spanmmers? Mebbe when the spammers have got this place killed off completely, then the legitimate inhabitants can return... for a while, anyway. rj <rjklutz@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>A new website has been established by some of the ASD >>regulars, with a forum that we are using to avoid the spam >>and cross-posts which has overrun this newsgroup of late. >>... The location is... http://asdweb.ning.com/ >>We welcome newcomers, old-timers and anyone with a >>sincere interest in this subject to join us there. = Rog' = > Say, Rog'.... > Is it just my imagination, or does it seem that the ambient [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > completely, then the legitimate inhabitants can return... for > a while, anyway. ------------------ Yeah, I think you're right. The spammers, trolls and cross-posters may have decided that there's not enuff to see here and have moved on. But NG traffic seems to be declining everywhere. Maybe folks have gotten hooked on You Tube, Face Book, and such. >>A new website has been established by some of the ASD >>regulars, with a forum that we are using to avoid the spam [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >of an incentive for the spammers to be here at all. After all, what's >the point in spamming no one but other spanmmers? It could also be because ISPs are eliminating Usenet coverage, as happened to me recently. I had to pay service through a Germany company others recommended. Or access through Google groups (((shudder))) Barb >>>A new website has been established by some of the ASD >>>regulars, with a forum that we are using to avoid the spam [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Barb So *are* ISPs eliminating usenet coverage? As a trend? If so, I wonder why... rj >>>> A new website has been established by some of the ASD >>>> regulars, with a forum that we are using to avoid the spam [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > rj Well, a number of ISP's had some complaints filed against them for allowing porn to be downloaded through Usenet. They agreed to no longer carry "any' of the alt. groups. Surprisingly, the percentage of people on the internet who use Usenet is pretty small. A friend of mine who owns an ISP says that less than 5% of his users frequent usenet. To some ISPs it is more of a bother or liability than an asset or necessary for them to provide access to it. GGG >>>>> A new website has been established by some of the ASD >>>>> regulars, with a forum that we are using to avoid the spam [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > usenet. To some ISPs it is more of a bother or liability than an > asset or necessary for them to provide access to it. There's porn in here somewhere <looking at monitor from side to side>? >>>>A new website has been established by some of the ASD >>>>regulars, with a forum that we are using to avoid the spam [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>company others recommended. Or access through Google groups >>(((shudder))) >So *are* ISPs eliminating usenet coverage? As a trend? If so, I >wonder why... Glad for a chance to reply so I could correct my earlier typos :-) My ISP is Time Warner cable, which is a pretty big provider (at least, in my part of the US). Don't know that this makes it a trend, but anecdotally, it seems that others are at least getting poor or reduced Usenet service. I do think Google Groups has put a "skin" on Usenet that has made its original form almost disappear, except for those of us who go back to earlier times. Barb >rj |
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