What is this newsgroup all about? I just posted a question about audio
equipment; yet I see loads of political posts.

Enlighten me, please.

"Dan Eppinger" wrote in news:ke6dncAGgt1NOfXdRVn-
:

What is this newsgroup all about? I just posted a question about audio
equipment; yet I see loads of political posts.

Enlighten me, please.



Welcome to usenet!

This is what happens when no one cares about maintaining some level of
sanity. Several months ago the newsgroup was primarily a bunch of people
whining, fighting, and calling each other names. It was not unlike a
grade school playground.

Some people call this newsgroup a cess pool. I think it has improved, but
it still needs some help.

Personally I feel we are watching the death of a newsgroup, which is a
fairly rare occurance. One day the usenet gods will look down and see
what a mess it is, declare it a bogus newsgroup, and issue a rmgroup.

r


--
Nothing beats the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with DLT tapes.

Rich Andrews. wrote:

Personally I feel we are watching the death of a newsgroup, which is a
fairly rare occurrence. One day the Usenet gods will look down and see
what a mess it is, declare it a bogus newsgroup, and issue a rmgroup.

I suspect that the actual number of posters is far smaller than that which
seems apparent.

Arny Krueger wrote:
Rich Andrews. wrote:


Personally I feel we are watching the death of a newsgroup, which is a
fairly rare occurrence. One day the Usenet gods will look down and see
what a mess it is, declare it a bogus newsgroup, and issue a rmgroup.


I suspect that the actual number of posters is far smaller than that which
seems apparent.

Do you mean that you are doing the questions and the answers ? ;-)

"Dan Eppinger" wrote in message
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What is this newsgroup all about? I just posted a question about audio
equipment; yet I see loads of political posts.

Enlighten me, please.

It is a characteristic of the audio fraternity that strangers tend to bond,
or bitterly polarize.
What you're witnessing is for the most part, a bunch of people who would
invite each other into their homes, if not separated by physical distance.
As with intimates, subjects tend to wander.

As with any public newsgroup, there have been a few near psychopathic
participants.
Two particular names are Arny Krueger, and the currently absent Greg Singh
(moniker Trotsky.)

These individuals are not part of the social structure, but function as
malignant parasites.

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:35:59 -0500, Dan Eppinger wrote:

What is this newsgroup all about? I just posted a question about audio
equipment; yet I see loads of political posts.

Enlighten me, please.

It is a "cesspool" in the audio newsgroups...some of the other
respondees to the question, explain just who the main culprits
are that are still here.

Something of this same has happened to other sites..such as
rec.shortwave..foulness, namecalling, political extremes..have
made inroads of destroying it also. Pitiful sight..there are mindsets
out there that thrive on this type of thing. It is some kind of
reflection on what we are all about...without some level of
discipline. Sad sight to behold!

We are all going to be forced into some type of "moderated"
sites. As a species, we have a long way to go!

Leonard...