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 for ISPs, newsgroups are a cost, whereas for forums, they're either 
Not My Problem if it's on someone else's server, or a source of revenue if 
it's ad-supported, or you paying for only exactly the forums you want otherwise.

Plus, of course, you don't get users screaming at you that you dropped 
mega-post 19 of 47 of the latest blu-ray DVD rip.

>   This trend of everything going to WWW just sucks. Most internet users
> don't actually know that there's something *else* than WWW out there.

I agree.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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