Re: RIP NZ.general?

From	Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz>
Newsgroups	nz.general
Subject	Re: RIP NZ.general?
Date	2026-03-04 23:17 +0000
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On 2026-03-04, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:29:33 GMT, wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:
>
>>After 5 days without posts, it may be time to sound taps on
>>NZ.general.  I have posted for 25 years, fond memories.  My undesired
>>apex was to tell you all what fools you were being during the Covid
>>scare of 2021-22.  In so doing, I gave you the perspective to rise
>>above the mass-media engendered panic.  RIP.
>>
> I too miss the opportunity to debate that Usenet provides in this ng.
> It is a simple medium unencumbered by html imaging.  It is also
> well-structured with threaded discussions that render replies relative
> to posts that precede them.

Designed by users, no corporations.

>
> I will stay here because there is no point in leaving.  I don't care
> how long it is between posts, and I am just slightly bothered by how
> few responses there are to the threads I start.  

In many cases the point(s) are well made and there is nothing more to add,
is the way I often see it. The AOL (me too response) has become history and
was frowned upon.

There is also the other extreme when to poster posts pure dribble.

Another reason is lack of posters. If you do not have enough numbers to give
different aspects to the point under discussion, it is hard to get/have
enough points to have a discussion on.

It takes just one
> click to retrieve messages (unless there are server errors).
>
>

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RIP NZ.general? wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) - 2026-03-03 21:29 +0000
  Re: RIP NZ.general? greybeard <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-03-04 11:44 +1300
    Re: RIP NZ.general? Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> - 2026-03-04 13:15 +1300
      Re: RIP NZ.general? greybeard <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-03-04 16:03 +1300
  Re: RIP NZ.general? Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> - 2026-03-04 13:22 +1300
    Re: RIP NZ.general? Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2026-03-04 23:17 +0000

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