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Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > scott <sco### [at] scott com> 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.
I didn't ask why ISPs are dropping support. I asked why people are moving
from a more versatile medium to a more restricted one.
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- Warp
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