Rob wrote:

Ok, fair comment - fact remains though that the numbers speak for
themselves, and relative (real or perceived) ease of use wins every time.
Just look at the traffic here in comparison to (for example) UKRGB's forum -
it can't all be because of the history here.

It's not ease of use, it's knowledge of existence! Almost all of it
will be that everyone knows about the Web and relatively few people know
about usenet. Does that mean we should actively abandon the better
medium, or encourage people to use it?

I'd say the latter, and if you really don't want to listen to Allan (or
me, or anyone else) all you have to do is amend your killfile: it's not
rocket science (and it isn't easily possible on web forums either!)

Pete.
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