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Felix Mottram

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Feb 8, 2021, 5:45:33 PM2/8/21
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I wonder if usenet will ever recover as a discussion place for kites...
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Felix


ngu

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Feb 9, 2021, 9:00:56 AM2/9/21
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On 9/2/2021 6:45, Felix Mottram wrote:
> I wonder if usenet will ever recover as a discussion place for kites...
I read you.  Anybody else?

Gary R. Schmidt

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Feb 10, 2021, 12:59:05 AM2/10/21
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There's not many of us left...

Cheers,
Gary B-)

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Waiting for a new signature to suggest itself...

Felix Mottram

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Feb 11, 2021, 4:58:32 PM2/11/21
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On 10 Feb 2021 at 05:55:57 GMT, ""Gary R. Schmidt"" <grsc...@acm.org>
wrote:

> On 10/02/2021 01:00, ngu wrote:
>> On 9/2/2021 6:45, Felix Mottram wrote:
>>> I wonder if usenet will ever recover as a discussion place for kites...
>> I read you.  Anybody else?
>
> There's not many of us left...
>
> Cheers,
> Gary B-)

There were many useful kite conversations here prior to various posters
flooding the group with inappropriate content.

I use Facebook to some extent but dislike the echo chamber tendency... an
amplifying process!
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Felix


Tullo

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Mar 5, 2021, 6:27:04 PM3/5/21
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Il 08/02/21 23:45, Felix Mottram ha scritto:
> I wonder if usenet will ever recover as a discussion place for kites...
>

Me too I miss usenet, in particular kite related groups.
Even most kite related forums are in the same situation, unfortunately.

Tullo

Felix Mottram

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Mar 19, 2021, 4:30:46 PM3/19/21
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Of course, there is a way to start it again. I wonder if anyone would be
prepared to take part?
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Felix


FunTimes

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Mar 26, 2021, 1:12:56 PM3/26/21
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Doubtful it will come back.... Groups like this and forums no longer serve a purpose for the incoming generations....

but.... a few of us are trying to archive the information that was on these groups. :)
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