Linda wrote:

It is amazing the amount of garbage that accumulates here from desperate
people
and their topics that really have little to do with backyard astronomy.
Desperate people
with desperate attempts at communication.

This NG has fewer idiots than most others. Also, notice that they are
cross-posters, they post to several newsgroups at once, usually anything
with a science-type title. They probably never actually read this NG and
have no idea what it's about. That's why they never respond to a response.