Decline and fall of usenet?

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:10:53 GMT, John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com>
wrote:
: On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:06:30 GMT, DTC <no_spam@move_along_folks.foob>
: wrote in <G7dJh.126555$_73.56850@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net>:
:
: >John Navas wrote:
: >> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:26:39 -0400, Robert Coe <bob@1776.COM> wrote in
: >> <ide9v2hur4pgvoeagm6i3t191m7vh123qd@4ax.com>:
:
: >>> IMO, the signal-to-noise ratio of a newsgroup is more significant than the
: >>> number of articles posted.
:
: >> Any data on that? ;)
:
: >Sort by sender and follow the threads, then see how much bickering goes on
: >compared to useful information.
:
: That's subjective, of course. I personally don't think there's been
: much change in S:N over the past few years.

It varies a lot from one newsgroup to another.