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Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups

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Michael Black wrote:
> Less than a month into this, and you think you have some place in "saving 
> usenet"?

No, not really... but thanks for the inspiration underlying the new tagline
in my sig. :)

(And really, what's with the thinly-veiled hostility?)

I'm not trying to save Usenet, and I don't believe that is a major goal of
anyone that has started to post here over the past couple of weeks. We simply
wanted a place to discuss things in the style we were used to on Slashdot.
However, what many of us discovered (or rediscovered) along the way is that
Usenet has real advantages over a centralized discussion medium owned and
operated by a single entity that can change the rules on a whim or for 
purposes that don't serve the needs/wants of the community it fostered.

> If you want to save usenet, go out and find the newsgroups where things 
> that matter to you are supposed to be discussed. And then post away. That 
> defines an active newsgroup, if there aren't people posting in that very 
> small list then they couldn't be called active. You can actually change 
> things by trying to put on-topic traffic into unused newsgroups, rather 
> than ignoring newsgroups simply because "there's no traffic".

I think that one of the things that matters to many of us - the Slashdot
expats, anyway - is having a community that is active and interested in
discussing things with each other. This Usenet group, comp.misc, is merely
a means to that end. That doesn't mean we wish to limit who posts here, or
even what types of topics are discussed. Besides, what's considered on-
topic for comp.misc is pretty broad given the recognized purpose for this
group from the latest "List of Big Eight Newsgroups" post (Feb 15, 2014)
in news.announce.newgroups: "General topics about computers not covered
elsewhere".

So, we're basically doing what you suggest. One of us (can't remember who,
but I want to thank that person) went and found a newsgroup where things
that matter to us are supposed to be discussed, invited others to join in,
and we all started posting away. We actually changed things by putting on-
topic traffic into what was essentially an unused newsgroup. There may
occasionally be messages posted that might theoretically be a better fit
for other newsgroups, but since this group is defined rather broadly,
one could interpret it to be dedicated to general interest discussions
that don't get to the level of detail that would be expected for, or
appreciated by, the audience in a more specific group.

We have discussed concerns regarding the appropriateness of this particular
group for the conversations we wished to have, and tried to recommend
other groups that might be more appropriate for certain types of postings,
based on recommendations from others reading this group. That was the
original purpose of the "comp.misc list of active newsgroups" that I started
to compile, which was in no way intended to recommend that people ignore 
other newsgroups.

> You guys can't even tell what's an active newsgroup or not, "active" 
> should mean lots of messages, and osme of those are pretty empty.

Well, it was intended to be a community list based on recommendations
from any person that cared to reply. It was not intended to be a canonical
list of newsgroups that meet a specific definition of the word "active".
Besides, if anyone thinks a group on the list should be deleted, all they
have to do is say so and it'll probably get removed... maybe by me, or
maybe by someone else. While I may have started the list, I've never
claimed sole ownership.

Regards,
Bill

-- 
Join an active tech-news-and-discussion community in comp.misc...
Saving Usenet since February 2014! :p

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A comp.misc list of active newsgroups wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 14:19 -0800
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-18 15:38 -0800
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Koen <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 00:14 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-02-19 16:21 +0000
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2014-02-21 08:18 +0000
          Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-22 15:39 +0000
            Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups rcp27g@gmail.com - 2014-02-24 07:56 -0800
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-02-19 12:19 -0600
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-20 08:48 +0000
          Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-02-20 22:55 +0000
            [OT] Dictator hierarchy RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-20 23:59 +0000
            Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-02-21 05:56 +0000
            Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 12:50 -0500
              Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 18:18 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-24 10:14 -0600
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Koen <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 23:45 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 22:49 +0000
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-19 03:48 +0000
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-18 19:37 -0800
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 11:57 -0800
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "Elizabeth T. Knuth" <eknuth@csbsju.edu> - 2014-02-22 12:08 -0600
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Jon Lane <jon@dorsal.tk> - 2014-06-26 09:12 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2014-02-22 19:06 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-09-17 10:32 +0100
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2014-09-17 12:49 +0100
          Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-09-17 21:55 +0100
            Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2014-09-18 06:35 +0100
              Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Torsten Bronger <bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de> - 2014-09-18 20:37 +0200
                Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2014-09-19 09:59 +0100
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 14:34 +0100
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-17 15:12 +0000
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-02-21 08:56 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 22:14 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-02-23 09:16 +0000
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2014-02-22 19:09 +0000
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-22 14:41 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 22:35 +0000
      Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-23 12:13 +0000
        Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-02-23 11:47 -0800
          Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-23 20:54 +0000
            Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-02-23 13:13 -0800
              Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:16 -0500
            Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-02-23 22:26 +0000
              Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2014-02-23 23:19 +0000
            Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-24 11:49 +0000
          Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:10 -0500
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:01 -0500
  Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-23 10:43 +0000
    Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-23 16:05 +0000
      Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-23 16:33 +0000
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      Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-02-24 21:56 +0000
      Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 09:44 +0000
        Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-02-25 13:15 +0000
  Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-23 11:31 +0000
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-24 12:12 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-24 14:59 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:38 -0500
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:37 -0500
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-24 20:37 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-25 21:33 +0000
  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 12:41 -0500
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-26 13:06 -0600
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 19:22 +0000
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