[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'242556\' date=\'Jun 16 2010, 09:25 AM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'242554\' date=\'Jun 16 2010, 08:34 AM\']I didn't even know that group was still around.[/quote]
I'd be curious just how much of Usenet is truly active anymore. With the constant march of technology, aren't 'newsreaders' a little quaint at this point? And the Google interface leaves a little to be desired. Plus, it would seem to me that trolls would gravitate to the few remaining active groups and mess around on them, though a quick check shows that some of those idiots continue to troll our original stomping grounds, where there is virtually no legitimate traffic anymore.
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Most of the posts on alt.tv.game-shows appear to be coming from a very small number of people who seem to be trolling not to see other people's outraged reactions, but just for its own sake. I really have to wonder whether those people are able to function in society, as opposed to just acting like they are mentally damaged.
But I think it's rare to see a newsgroup like alt.tv.game-shows which has such a high quantity of traffic with hardly any of it being legitimate. There are some mostly-spam groups, but they tend not to get much traffic at all.
Meanwhile, there are some newsgroups which are still able to maintain a reasonably stable amount of traffic with most of it remaining on topic, such as rec.games.trivia and rec.arts.comics.strips.
I wouldn't bet on the long-term viability of Usenet, but as long as Google continues to keep access available to it through Google Groups, Usenet does have a future -- at least, a near future.
