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andrewduckerIn an idle moment yesterday I discovered that my newsreader in Kent still has Rec.Arts.SF.Written in it, a newsgroup I'd _love_ to regularly read, if only I had the extra couple of hours in my day to read its 500-odd posts.
I had a quick scroll through it, browsed a couple of interesting discussions and was heinously amused to discover that the level of debate was still sinking to the same stage it had been when I was last there - one thread being titled Why Idiots Worship Imaginary Beings Called "God". Even back in the old days I'd have skipped over that one - I may well agree with the basic sentiment, but the chances of _anything_ informative following that title is millions to one...
I had a quick scroll through it, browsed a couple of interesting discussions and was heinously amused to discover that the level of debate was still sinking to the same stage it had been when I was last there - one thread being titled Why Idiots Worship Imaginary Beings Called "God". Even back in the old days I'd have skipped over that one - I may well agree with the basic sentiment, but the chances of _anything_ informative following that title is millions to one...
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Date: 2004-09-15 08:13 am (UTC)Nowadays newsgroups are like the scruffy bar you don't go into unless you want a fight, or the weird little church on the corner, or the oddball "club" of trainspotting fans that meets in the basement of the same church once a month. Occasionally there's gold among the mud but it's rare, but more precious for that.
LJ and others have sucked away anyone capable of actually having a conversation.
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Date: 2004-09-15 01:34 pm (UTC)And RASFW is still a good area for chat, provided you don't mind sifting through the nonsense.