Re: Is this a new low?

In article <1188262103.939480.234010@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "robbelothe@xxxxxxx" <robbelothe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 27, 8:25?am, Don Stauffer in Minnesota <stauf...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Today when I logged onto the group, there were only FOUR new
messages. I can remember when rms ran about 200-300 messages a day.

While maybe the message count really is dropping this low, I thought
of another possibility. My ISP has stopped supporting newsgroups, but
I discovered Google Groups. While some groups may not be part of
Usenet, mostly GG is a web-based interface with Usenet newsgroups.
But.... I do not know for sure that GG really shows ALL Usenet
messages. For those of you still using a news reader interface, is
the message count REALLY getting that low, or is it just that GG is
not that much better than my ISP as far as Usenet interface is
concerned?

It may have something to do (perhaps not a great deal) with AOL's
decision to drop newsgroups.


that was almost 2 years ago. i have seen many groups ebb and flow. sometimes
they renew, sometimes they die. we all know there is a lack of fresh blood in
the hobby. the golden age of availability and the industry could easily die of
starvation.
i see no way to make or entice young folks into the hobby. sure, there are a
few people with the peculair talents to be attracted, but the outside world
has too much distraction to capture the marginals that might have at least
tried. when i was young, virtually everyone at least tried a kit or two. it
was a right of passage. now we can't be heard in the cacophony of choices.
i despair for this hobby. it seems to be limited to the current few 30 year
olds, the rest of us are a lot older.
there will likely be collectors for a long time. people collect anything and
the base for kits is strong. but the builders are dying off and will not be
replaced.
it's sad but look at the other fields that have died out.
.

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