On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:28:17 -0400, Warp wrote:

> scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
>> In the end I just gave up, the groups I frequented died out as people
>> moved to web-based forums
> 
>   Why do people do that?

Because the content they want is only available in web-based forums.

The lack of authentication typical of USENET means that many groups are 
just full of spam now.

I don't disagree with you that moving everything to WWW is a bad idea, 
but unfortunately, you and I don't get to make that decision for everyone.

Jim

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