On Nov 12, 11:23 am, Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:
riverman wrote:

: On Nov 12, 12:26 am, John Kuthe wrote:
: On Nov 11, 8:49 am, Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
:
: I peek in this morning and see 10 new messages, in 1 old and 8 new
: threads! How cool is that?
:
: Where would paddling be without the British Secret Cervix?
:
: SPAM does NOT count as legitimate NG traffic!
:
: John Kuthe...

: True, but how does SPAM affect views?
: Google.com says that we've had 133 views over the past 5 hours, which
: is 26.6 views per hour. For comparison, another group I hang out on
: has had 742 views over the past 21 hours, which is only 35.3 views per
: hour, a slight increase, and that group is quite lively.

: I wonder if we just have more lurkers instead of posters than we used
: to. If so, why would that be? We're not at all a hostile group...

Do people actually use google to access usenet?

GoogleGroups, yes. I do. Sad but true!

John Kuthe...