In lugnet.admin.curators, Brian Davis wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.curators, Adrian Egli wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> What killed off RTL nearly a decade ago was the diversity LUGNET
>> brought to the niches in the LEGO community...
>
> I thought it was spam and rampant commercial use, but I admit I wasn't
> around during the rtl years. There are USENET groups that are still
> thriving, 20 years or more after I first joined them. So I'm really not
> sure everything always needs to be "updated" to remain alive.
On a funny side note, I saw this posted today over on RTL (yes, it still exists
in some places) CAUTION: for the sensitive ears, the post has some foul
language, but makes a funny point:
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http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.lego/browse_thread/thread/6c7506b11311b491/0b22771aeb13defd?show_docid=0b22771aeb13defd&pli=1>
What it boils down to, AT&T (the ISP) will discontinue carrying Netnews...
Google groups might be the only remaining source left for Usenet service.
May not mean anything to anyone, but there is some AFOL history there that
should be preserved.
--Mike.
