A.A.C.F. was indeed a great Usenet group
CB
But the keyword there is USENET. Being a text group, when WebTV users found
thier way in they couldn't understand why they got flamed for posting 45k of
garbage graphics to send a 5 word reply to another post. AOL folks too had
problems although a lot of them learned that you have rules in most Usenet
groups and it's good to lurk for a while and learn them.
Then came the message boards. They dumped thier "users" out into Usenet
without clueing them in. And were gleeful in disrupting some great groups.
You couldn't explain to these folks to just come to the group direct and
read the posts because most of thier questions had already been posted and
answered. The same questions over and over. Or asshats just putting up a
question and demanding that the answer be sent to them via email.
Even during all this a lot of the original regulars stayed and still tried
to help. But then the message board kiddies decided it was funny to start
flame wars and flood the group with crap. Ebay ads, porn ads, or the same
post a couple hundred times. Let's not forget the spammers, or just pissed
off flamers dumping posters email addies into every spamhole they could.
A Usenet group is started with a lot of work and some basic ideas that those
who create it agree on. As others join over time it grows, but needs to
stay within certain parameters to remain a viable community. When invaded
by hordes of morons, it simply doesn't work.
I look in from time to time and have been watching the traffic dying down,
hoping it might restart itself. Maybe that's what's happening now.
I hope so........
Lea GRIS
> I look in from time to time and have been watching the traffic dying down,
> hoping it might restart itself. Maybe that's what's happening now.
>
> I hope so........
Hello,
As an mature woman (sorry no bird ￜ la Billy Biggins) geek and muscle
cars lover, I could not agree more. Thank you CB for this reminder that
the value of any group, be it on usenet or any media, comes from the
folks involved rather than the technology behind.
Grow and raise the good, forget about the bad and bring life whenever
you can, that's it! :)
--
Lï¿œa Gris
If you would like to have a look at my 79 Berlinetta, here it is:
<http://www.noiraude.net/gallery2/main.php/v/lea/Camaro_001/>
And where it rest when not on the road:
<http://www.noiraude.net/gallery2/main.php/v/Lozere/album_001/DSC_2737.JPG>
<http://www.noiraude.net/gallery2/main.php/v/Lozere/album_001/DSC_2741.JPG>
lab~rat >:-)
AT&T is to dump Newsgroup service sometime this month. Maybe it
already happened?
--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
Ashton Crusher
wrote:
Who let you out of the Howard Stern Group??
lab~rat >:-)
puked:
Bah, I've been posting here for ten years...
CB
"Lea GRIS" <lea....@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
news:4a572f8f$0$12632$ba4a...@news.orange.fr...
> CB wrote :
>
>> I look in from time to time and have been watching the traffic dying
>> down,
>> hoping it might restart itself. Maybe that's what's happening now.
>>
>> I hope so........
>
> Hello,
>
> cars lover, I could not agree more. Thank you CB for this reminder that
> the value of any group, be it on usenet or any media, comes from the
> folks involved rather than the technology behind.
>
> Grow and raise the good, forget about the bad and bring life whenever
> you can, that's it! :)
>
> --
>
> If you would like to have a look at my 79 Berlinetta, here it is:
> <http://www.noiraude.net/gallery2/main.php/v/lea/Camaro_001/>
> And where it rest when not on the road:
> <http://www.noiraude.net/gallery2/main.php/v/Lozere/album_001/DSC_2737.JPG>
> <http://www.noiraude.net/gallery2/main.php/v/Lozere/album_001/DSC_2741.JPG>
My Birds can be seen here: http://www.firebirdgallery.com/taspecialties1.htm
and here: http://www.hotrodder.com/cyberbiker/New.html
The silver bird has a 2.5 litre "Iron Duke" engine and a 4 speed, the blue
bird is a 2.8 litre V6 and 5 Speed.
I love 3rd gen Birds in case you haven't noticed. <grins>