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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:16:13 -0400, Warp wrote:
> 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.
Which is the question I answered. :-)
Jim
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