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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: We're in the top ten!
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:46:32 +0100
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On 12/30/2024 8:12 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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> Comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, that is. At least according to the rjk
> spoolstats*. But yeah, CSIPGA is now one of the top-ten most active
> newsgroups, at least by article count (we're #22 by user count, and
> #11 by bytes per day).
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> Which really says more about the decline of Usenet** as a whole than
> how popular this newsgroup is, although there /has/ been a measured
> increase in posts here over the past few years (and this month in
> particular, for some reason. Can't imagine why ;-). But six years ago
> CSIPGA was #85, so I'm not complaining.
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> CSIPGA: it's one of the hot destinations of Usenet again. ;-P
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> * find them here. Does not include ALT.* or binaries
> http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/spoolstats/allgroups.html
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> ** Seriously, the fall-off for Usenet is depressing. According to the
> above stats, in the last 7 days, in ALL of the groups monitored, there
> were only 949 articles in total and even at the most OPTIMISTIC count,
> less than 1000 users who actually post. It almost makes me wish Google
> would re-implement their newsfeed again...
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oh, well, good job everyone