Karen has nailed it! For those of us that have tried to respond in a helpful
manner we were slammed and mis-information was give or as Karen says, rude
and nasty comments made. Also there was a 'clic' here that if you were not
part of them you were slammed and insulted whenever you tried to help
someone with legit information. I have gone to cruise-related websites for
information as helpful info rarely occurs here. I still read the NG and try
and help answer people when I can.
Jim
www.themarinerscabin.com
"Karen Henelde" wrote in message
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>I can't answer for others, but speaking for myself, I have backed off
>significantly from using this news group, as it has changed a lot since I
>first found it several years ago. In the past couple of years, there has
>been a significant increase of contributors, and I use the word very
>loosely, who seemed to add absolutely nothing to the group except
>inappropriate responses, mean-spirited remarks, and just plain old nasty
>comments. I have no use for those kinds of comments. It became
>increasingly difficult to read through the threads, and for a very long
>period of time, I just skipped the news group altogether. However, I have
>in recent months started to dabble back in the group, though not as much as
>in previous years. I believe in the concept of news groups, and the use of
>them as a legitimate forum for sharing information with like-minded
>individuals. I have been the recipient of very valuable and helpful
>information for planning our cruise vacations, and have always been very
>appreciative of the information that was shared so generously with me. It
>is for this reason that I want to be able to share whatever information I
>can with people who request it. I have noticed that there are several
>newer contributors in the past few months, and hopefully the tide is
>turning back to the quality news group that rec.travel.cruises was when I
>first started using it several years ago. I hope this helps to clarify
>your question.
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> Karen
> Owings Mills, MD
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> "Don & Lynn" wrote in message
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>> Why is it that fewer and fewer people are using this news group?? Where
>> did they go??
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