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   From: "Dariusz Piatkowski"    
      
   On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:08:38 UTC, Paul Ratcliffe    
    wrote:   
      
   > On 13 Sep 2011 02:10:56 GMT, Dariusz Piatkowski    
   > wrote:   
   >    
   > > Myself, I take a peek at the groups once in a while...and have started to   
   wonder   
   > > if a dedicated forum would be a better approach? But there have been some   
   forums   
   > > in the past and those seem to have gone dead...   
   >    
   > Why would a forum be a better approach? Who would run such a forum?   
   > Thankfully, no-one "runs" these newsgroups so people are free to do   
   > whatever suits them rather than you.   
   >    
   > Bloody forums are so slow, inefficient and usually full of adverts that   
   > I am astounded anybody ever uses them. I hate them.   
      
   Well....I use a few forums...for my other hobbies: drag racing/car building,    
   engine tech, photography, etc.   
      
   Overall, I find that the forum allows you to use the information that other    
   members provided as if it was a giant database. Heck...makes is pretty darn   
   neat   
   & quick to search through a pile of info...and if I have a given    
   question/problem...there is a pretty good chance someone else might have faced    
   the same before. It's fairly easy to filter out the ads...Privoxy works    
   great...and being slow??? Well, I suppose it all depends on the forum itself...   
      
   Anyways, it's not a fix for all ills...no doubt...but Newsgroups do make this   
   a    
   bit tougher I think...especially if you consider that one of our goals    
   (hopefully) is to bring new users into this community!   
      
      
      
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