On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:16:13 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
>   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.

Which is the question I answered. :-)

Jim

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