In article , Will Wilkinson
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ukastronomy writes
There is so little astronomy being posted to this group that I am
starting to wonder if there is any point continuing to post here.

Although the number of hits per day on my web site continues to climb
the percentage of hits that come via Google groups has declined quite
steeply in recent weeks. Perhaps amateur astronomers are moving away
from the unmoderated mess that Google groups has become?

Martin Nicholson
Daventry, UK
Well, for a start it's usenet, not google groups - that's just a (very
poor IMO) method of accessing usenet. With a proper news server and
client you can set up appropriate kill-files so you don't see the spam
- I only see 1 or 2 spam postings per day on this newsgroup at the
most, more often only on-topic postings are received. I'd agree that
there's not been a lot of activity recently - but then the weather's
been generally very poor for observing so maybe that's got something to
do with it?

I agree with you Will... Using a proper client like Turnpike to read
Usenet is invaluable... and it doesn't take a lot to learn how to
kill-file.

The only other reason that I can think of, apart from poor weather
depressing activity, is that there could be some good forums that are
taking people's attention away from Usenet.

Best wishes,
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Wendy Tinley

http://www.theigloo.co.uk/