On Thursday, 22 June 2017 11:28:46 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"Robin" wrote in message
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On 22/06/2017 09:31, Dave Liquorice wrote:

Getting some new blood would be nice and the younger do seem to like
web based "forums" but does anybody under 30 actually do any DIY more
advanced than a flatpack bookcase?

My poll[1] shows not a single one of those who do is aware of Usenet or GG, or would
dream of using them on their phones.


Posting on Usenet, even assuming somebody knows about it at all
involves jumping through two further hoops as compared with posting
on a web portal.

Even explaining to someone the difference between a news server and
a news reader is difficult enough, never mind trying to persuade them
to subscribe to the one, and then install the second.

Basically as with a lot of things when a second best solution is given to
people on a plate, very few people are going to take the trouble to
look for anything better.

And in any case as NT has pointed out, nowadays its very difficult to argue that
a text based medium based on 8 bit ASCII is in any way superior to one providing
hi-res pictures or youtube videos of fluffy kittens at the click of a mouse.


michael adams

That is precisely not what I said.


NT