In message , Chris Malme 
 writes
>ukastronomy  wrote in news:ab7fabea-
>c819-4a87-8f04-4705eb543cb7@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>
>> There is so little astronomy being posted to this group that I am
>> starting to wonder if there is any point continuing to post here.
>>
>> Although the number of hits per day on my web site continues to climb
>> the percentage of hits that come via Google groups has declined quite
>> steeply in recent weeks. Perhaps amateur astronomers are moving away
>> from the unmoderated mess that Google groups has become?
>
>Newsgroups have been around for a good few years,

That's a bit of an understatement :)  they predate the Internet.

B

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Brian Howie