And it is.

But is it 'audio', Usenet or the the Internet generally? I also hooked up to
a number of (digital) photography newsgroups and they are mostly silent with
the few that do have some traffic usually getting less than a dozen posts a
day.

Elsewhere, eBay is very flaccid these days with reams of identical auctions
from traders (mostly Chinese) and no end of secondhand items getting no bids
at all - it looks like in the UK, at least, used budget audio gear isn't
making money worth the hassle of packing it up and lugging it to the post
office!! (I've got one or two items I'll never use again but I CBA to try
and punt them - especially with the current 'credit crunch'!)

It goes on: Most websites I've looked at recently haven't been updated for
at least 2 years and no end of cross-referenced websites come back with the
'404 tough titty' screen. A lot more Wiki pages are loaded with disputes and
queries these days and more websites and forums are asking for donations and
subscriptions; popular, 'useful' sites like the IMDB are so plastered with
advertising and pop-ups they are becoming almost too tiresome to use

Then there's more talk of censorship and restriction at national levels - is
it the end of the Internet as we knew it...??

(Or is it now evolving into the *Disinternet* and is that a bad thing
anyway - instant access to endless everything and almost all of it not worth
the bother!!)

"Keith G" wrote in message


But is it 'audio', Usenet or the the Internet generally?

These days I do most of my posting to HTML-based forums. They seem to be
pretty active. The market for audio forums has become very fragmented.

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message


But is it 'audio', Usenet or the the Internet generally?

These days I do most of my posting to HTML-based forums. They seem to be
pretty active. The market for audio forums has become very fragmented.


No idea, I've never looked into an audio forum only photography forums, but
there's *gazillions* of them, so I'm sure you're right.

I don't like forums. I don't like the 'clicky' nature of most of the ones
I've seen (photography) and the *hideous* 'sucky up' posts from people
trying to get 'in'! (Especially when it's sucky up posts from Brits and
Yanks trying to get in with raggedy-arsed, newly-bold Eurotrash!)

I also don't like those stupid little boxes you have to type in!

And I *definitely* don't like being moderated - I got kicked out of the last
crappy (commercially based) forum I was in by a Hungarian (would you
believe?) for calling an Eyetie a 'prick'!

I didn't mind being kicked out in the least, but I hadn't done calling the
stupid little **** *names*!!

:-)

Keith G wrote:

"Arny Krueger" wrote
"Keith G" wrote

But is it 'audio', Usenet or the the Internet generally?

These days I do most of my posting to HTML-based forums. They seem to be
pretty active. The market for audio forums has become very fragmented.


No idea, I've never looked into an audio forum only photography forums, but
there's *gazillions* of them, so I'm sure you're right.

I don't like forums.

Neither do I generally. Most are full of slow to load gimmicky graphics and they
don't support threads as in Usenet, so it's difficult to tell who's replying to
whom. Usenet is a far better medium IMHO.

Graham

"Eeyore" wrote in
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Keith G wrote:

"Arny Krueger" wrote
"Keith G" wrote

But is it 'audio', Usenet or the the Internet
generally?

These days I do most of my posting to HTML-based
forums. They seem to be pretty active. The market for
audio forums has become very fragmented.


No idea, I've never looked into an audio forum only
photography forums, but there's *gazillions* of them, so
I'm sure you're right.

I don't like forums.

Neither do I generally. Most are full of slow to load
gimmicky graphics

Umm, you mean the ads?

and they don't support threads as in Usenet, so it's difficult to tell
who's replying to whom.

Agreed.

Usenet is a far better medium IMHO.

I suspect that the need to configure a newgroup reader is a major technical
hurdle for some.

"Keith G" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message


But is it 'audio', Usenet or the the Internet generally?

These days I do most of my posting to HTML-based forums.
They seem to be pretty active. The market for audio
forums has become very fragmented.

No idea, I've never looked into an audio forum only
photography forums, but there's *gazillions* of them, so
I'm sure you're right.

I don't like forums. I don't like the 'clicky' nature of
most of the ones I've seen (photography) and the
*hideous* 'sucky up' posts from people trying to get
'in'! (Especially when it's sucky up posts from Brits and
Yanks trying to get in with raggedy-arsed, newly-bold
Eurotrash!)

I don't get this. All I did to get into the forums I'm on is type in my
email address and a password that I made up.

I also don't like those stupid little boxes you have to type in!

I guess I'm a bit more flexible than that.

And I *definitely* don't like being moderated - I got
kicked out of the last crappy (commercially based) forum
I was in by a Hungarian (would you believe?) for calling
an Eyetie a 'prick'!

I can believe that.

It's true that most HTML forums moderate retroactively, and do expect some
minimum level of adult behavior. I can see how that would be difficult for
you, Keith.

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
...
"Keith G" wrote in message


But is it 'audio', Usenet or the the Internet generally?

These days I do most of my posting to HTML-based forums.
They seem to be pretty active. The market for audio
forums has become very fragmented.

No idea, I've never looked into an audio forum only
photography forums, but there's *gazillions* of them, so
I'm sure you're right.

I don't like forums. I don't like the 'clicky' nature of
most of the ones I've seen (photography) and the
*hideous* 'sucky up' posts from people trying to get
'in'! (Especially when it's sucky up posts from Brits and
Yanks trying to get in with raggedy-arsed, newly-bold
Eurotrash!)

I don't get this. All I did to get into the forums I'm on is type in my
email address and a password that I made up.


Oh, well done! You'll be on *joined up* writing soon....

(WTF has his *login* got to do with anything???)



I also don't like those stupid little boxes you have to type in!

I guess I'm a bit more flexible than that.


I'm happy that you're happy with them....



And I *definitely* don't like being moderated - I got
kicked out of the last crappy (commercially based) forum
I was in by a Hungarian (would you believe?) for calling
an Eyetie a 'prick'!

I can believe that.


He was a prick; almost certainly still *is* a prick and he guessed correctly
(from experience, I guess) that his 'in crowd' status would protect him from
getting his *prickiness* hauled all over the forum - and subsequent, direct
emails from other forum members confirmed I'm not the only one who thinks
he's a prick.

Does that represent a problem to you?



It's true that most HTML forums moderate retroactively, and do expect some
minimum level of adult behavior. I can see how that would be difficult for
you, Keith.


Good, coming from you....

"Arny Krueger" wrote

It's true that most HTML forums moderate retroactively,

:-)

Keith G wrote:


And I *definitely* don't like being moderated - I got kicked out of the
last crappy (commercially based) forum I was in by a Hungarian (would
you believe?) for calling an Eyetie a 'prick'!

Vulgar abuse has no place in civilized society.

"Mike O'Sullivan" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

And I *definitely* don't like being moderated - I got kicked out of the
last crappy (commercially based) forum I was in by a Hungarian (would you
believe?) for calling an Eyetie a 'prick'!

Vulgar abuse has no place in civilized society.


Possibly sensing a vacancy for an all-round Smartarse in the vacuum now left
by the very recent demise of the late, great (but somewhat odious/tedious)
Clement Freud, another lurker breaks cover and runs wildly between the
bunkhouse and cowshed, firing smug platitudes from the hip....


(He's got a point though - *refined abuse* is so much better in a civilised
society, even if it's nothing like as entertaining...!! :-)