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Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger. What happened?

From dkcombs@panix.com (dkcombs)
Newsgroups gnu.emacs.help
Subject Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger. What happened?
Date 2023-03-28 15:20 +0000
Organization Public Access Networks Corp.
Message-ID <tvv0j1$bi0$1@reader2.panix.com> (permalink)
References <tvqkja$rn5$1@panix2.panix.com> <ly7cv21rrs.fsf@void.com> <tvsbh5$jad$1@reader2.panix.com> <sm08rfhnr4a.fsf@lakka.kapsi.fi>

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In article <sm08rfhnr4a.fsf@lakka.kapsi.fi>, Anssi Saari  <as@sci.fi> wrote:
>dkcombs@panix.com (dkcombs) writes:
>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Now, any other idea *why* the newsgroup has become so small?
>>
>> (Maybe us old-farts are dying off, and not being replaced?
>
>I feel sometimes I'm an exception on Usenet, being under 70 years
>old. So I'd assume people are dying off or leaving Usenet behind.
>There are things like Reddit and Stack Overflow now that are popular and
>where Emacs is actually a topic. I almost say discussed but those
>platforms don't have much of it, being more Q&A type of things.

So, how to follow what's happening on Reddit or Stack Overflow (usenet
seems to me like the perfect tool for that kind of thing!).  Please
tell me what to do, and I'll try it.  (in some detail ... it's
old dogs (in my case) and new tricks!  thanks!)




>
>Also, newsgroups have generally become small. I don't think there are
>newcomers other than the quintessential Google Groups users who mostly
>make their precense known by responding to historical posts from decades
>past.
>
>> Or maybe MS (or is it still M$?) convinced everyone to use them?)
>
>> What other editor even competes with emacs?  ex/vi/vim I suppose;
>> anything else?
>
>Vim certainly but since you mentioned Microsoft, I understand their free
>Visual Studio Code is a hugely popular editor.

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10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger.  What happened? dkcombs@panix.com (dkcombs) - 2023-03-26 23:30 +0000
  Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger.  What happened? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 21:26 -0400
    Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger.  What happened? Richard Smith <null@void.com> - 2023-03-27 10:13 +0100
      Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger.  What happened? dkcombs@panix.com (dkcombs) - 2023-03-27 15:08 +0000
        Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger.  What happened? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2023-03-28 12:48 +0300
          Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger.  What happened? dkcombs@panix.com (dkcombs) - 2023-03-28 15:20 +0000
            Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger.  What happened? Matto Fransen <mattof@sdf.org> - 2023-03-28 18:39 +0200
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    Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger.  What happened? Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-31 08:59 +0200
  Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger.  What happened? steve <sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2024-04-19 17:33 -0400
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