In message , Wilko
writes

Also, I find very little traffic on uk.RBP in the last month, and I'm
on Giganews. Besides the five messages posted today there were only
four messages for the entire month of June, and maybe 20 for the entire
month of May.


Reflects a widespread shift in the Internet - from newsgroups to
discussion boards etc. Newsgroups are a bit old school and geek
territory to most net newcomers!
--
David Pearson