Re: Traffic down?

From	Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Traffic down?
Date	2011-06-23 15:17 -0400
Organization	Micro Focus
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bugbear wrote:
> Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> I'm recently back to clj*.
>> I took several months break from it.
>> The traffic seems down.
>> Is this a summertime lull?

Yes. Many groups experience a drop in traffic during the summer,
especially the first half.

> I think USENET is finally being
> killed off by forums and social media.

This has been predicted for fifteen years or so. I don't see any
evidence it's happening now. If Usenet spam couldn't do it, and AOL's
Eternal September couldn't do it, and Google Groups couldn't do it, I
suspect Usenet will be around for a good while longer.

There are many "surely doomed" Internet forums that are still going
strong, against the expectation of those who like to prophesize. I
subscribe to a number of email lists (some even served by venerable
LISTSERV) that are still active, as are many Yahoo Groups.

-- 
Michael Wojcik
Micro Focus
Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University

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