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Subject Author Date Fora (Forums) was Shameless link plug nots.parry316 11-21-2006  Re: Fora (Forums) was Shameless link plug steve 11-21-2006  Re: Fora (Forums) was Shameless link plug steve 11-21-2006  Re: Fora (Forums) was Shameless link plug Marksfish 11-21-2006  Re: Fora (Forums) was Shameless link plug WaltA 11-21-2006  Re: Fora (Forums) was Shameless link plug steve 11-21-2006  Re: Fora (Forums) was Shameless link plug WaltA 11-21-2006  Re: Fora (Forums) was Shameless link plug WaltA 11-21-2006  Re: Fora (Forums) was Shameless link plug steve 11-21-2006
Posted by on November 21, 2006, 5:04 am Please log in for more thread options I take on board what folks have said re. Usenet Vs web forums, but I feel we usenutters are a dying breed. I have been using http://www.uk-aquarist.com/index.php?act=idx For a little while now, and yes it takes a bit of learning, but the people are friendly and helpful, the site owner responds quickly to even the stupidest query and there is a lot of info etc. I recommend giving it a try... Stephen Parry London W2 Posted by on November 21, 2006, 5:22 am Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:04:11 +0000, nots.parry316@btint???et.com wrote: >I take on board what folks have said re. Usenet Vs web forums, but I >feel we usenutters are a dying breed. I am a member of a group that is available in both usenet and web forum formats. I am trying to find out which format is most popular. It will be interesting to see the results. Steve -- Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks. http://www.easynn.com Posted by on November 21, 2006, 9:08 am Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:22:04 +0000, steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk wrote: >On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:04:11 +0000, nots.parry316@btint???et.com >wrote: > >>I take on board what folks have said re. Usenet Vs web forums, but I >>feel we usenutters are a dying breed. > >I am a member of a group that is available in both usenet and web >forum formats. I am trying to find out which format is most popular. >It will be interesting to see the results. > >Steve To follow up my own post. By sampling messages we have established that, when given a choice, 80% of group members will use NNTP (usenet) in preference to the WEB. It seems usenet isn't going to die in the imminent future, it's all related to availability. Steve -- Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks. http://www.easynn.com Posted by Marksfish on November 21, 2006, 12:37 pm Please log in for more thread options > To follow up my own post. By sampling messages we have established > that, when given a choice, 80% of group members will use NNTP (usenet) > in preference to the WEB. It seems usenet isn't going to die in the > imminent future, it's all related to availability. > > I use forums as I have specialised in my fishkeeping activities, although I still like to look in on usenet. The discus and marine forum communities are a wealth of information, unfortunately the only marine newsgroups are dominated by overseas users and are not the friendliest of places. We are a bit lost in the UK with fishkeeping newsgroups which is probably why the forums have been so popular. The other problem with forums is that if uncontrolled, the images posted by users take up so much space and time to download, plus if the database is a bit slow!!!!! I think there is a place for both, but text groups are by far the quickest and easiest ;) Mark Posted by WaltA on November 21, 2006, 1:07 pm Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:08:03 +0000, steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk wrote: >when given a choice, 80% of group members will use NNTP (usenet) >in preference to the WEB. Interesting. (OT) Any breakdown on what proportion of each choice are newcomers to the internet and how many are old dinosaurs ? (who may remember the days before the 'www" ? when nntp, telnet, ftp etc. were _the_ modes and protocols lol! ) (/OT) Similar Threads Posted Shameless link plug November 19, 2006, 5:05 am