22 Apr 2008 18:51:33

Wesley Mouch

uk.rec.sailing now carried by . . .

Since about a week ago when uk.rec.sailing was delisted because it has so few posts that it officially meets the definition of a dead group, it is now only being carried by a handful of backbone news server providers. If you don't see any new posts or if your posts fail to be posted it is probably due to the fact that your news service provider is connected a backbone server that has de-listed uk.rec.sailing. In other words your post is accepted by your NSP but it goes no further and is not propagated beyond the point at which it was posted. Like most alt. groups, uk.rec.sailing has failed because fewer and fewer individuals participated. In other words there was limited need for such a group. The usual reasons for this include 1) a dearth of useful information, 2) troll infested, 3)severe decline in readership hits, 4) excessive use if filters and killfiles, 4) recent uptick in spam posts, and 5) ethnocentric leanings of some subscribers who attempted to exclude anybody but those posting from the United Kingdom. Alternatives to your de-listed group include alt.sailing.asa, rec.boats.cruising, alt.sailing and rec.boats. Long live the Queen! -- W. Mouch, State Science Institute

22 Apr 2008 22:52:48

Re: uk.rec.sailing now carried by . . .

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:51:33 +0000 (UTC), Wesley Mouch <wesleymouch87@hootmail.orgy > wrote: >Since about a week ago when uk.rec.sailing was delisted because it has so >few posts that it officially meets the definition of a dead group, it is >now only being carried by a handful of backbone news server providers. > >If you don't see any new posts or if your posts fail to be posted it is >probably due to the fact that your news service provider is connected a >backbone server that has de-listed uk.rec.sailing. In other words your post >is accepted by your NSP but it goes no further and is not propagated beyond >the point at which it was posted. If only this was true in your case. > >Like most alt. groups, uk.rec.sailing has failed because fewer and fewer >individuals participated. In other words there was limited need for such a >group. The usual reasons for this include 1) a dearth of useful >information, 2) troll infested, 3)severe decline in readership hits, 4) >excessive use if filters and killfiles, 4) recent uptick in spam posts, and >5) ethnocentric leanings of some subscribers who attempted to exclude >anybody but those posting from the United Kingdom. > >Alternatives to your de-listed group include alt.sailing.asa, >rec.boats.cruising, alt.sailing and rec.boats. Good now fuck off back to your own sad little groups.