On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:37:45 -0400, Tony Sivori
wrote:

aspasia wrote:

This is the busiest NG I visit! Wonder if it's one of the busiest on
the Net?

Much to my surprise, it is.

Looks like the busiest (not counting posts by bots, spam, misplaced
binaries, tech support groups, or test groups) English language text
newsgroups, as of today, a

alt.fan.harry-potter
alt.atheism
rec.autos.sport.f1
alt.recovery.adult-children
alt.support.depression
alt.gossip.celebrities
alt.religion.scientology
rec.games.pinball
alt.politics
rec.sport.pro-wrestling
talk.origins
rec.food.cooking
rec.music.beatles
rec.gambling.poker
alt.fan.cecil-adams
alt.home.repair

Source:
http://www.newsadmin.com/top100tmsgs.asp

Hey, thanks for that URL! Loaded with information.

How did you isolate the busiest, per your research above --
eliminating certain crap - er...criteria?

I guess we should be appropriately, humble, placed BELOW the
salt ...er...scientology...VBG

Aspasia