<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Thorny wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:pan.2009.05.24.10.07.06.516856@gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sat, 23 May 2009 17:18:05 -0400, Clay Weber posted: [...] </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">[...] I believe this is why we have more people unsubbing. They aren't seeing something useful to them. They don't ask questions , nor do they offer answers. Or even OT banter. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Perhaps OT discussions could be part of the reason, I think another part of the reason could be the way some posters treat others. Us old guys, are not part of that problem, we do not treat other posters badly. If we do socialize a bit, it helps to mould us into a more cohesive community. However, I will say, I hear you. <big> </big></pre> </blockquote> <big>I like to read over the groups when I first join, so I tend to lurk for a while until I get to know the groups. Although, sometimes I jump right in, especially if I join a group with a particular subject in mind. I belong to a group that has a few hundred messages a day, and many are OT. I filter anything with OT OT- ot/ etc into a separate folder (although there is still a lot of OT stuff not marked that way). It does help a bit. Emil</big> </body> </html>