"d.g.s." wrote in message
news:64tvsuF2dgpfrU1@mid.individual.net...
On 3/25/2008 2:51 PM Keith Anderson ignored two million years of human
evolution to write:
> OK, like DFM I think I've had enough of RTE.
Geez, that's a bummer. RTE probably hasn't had enough of the likes of
you.
> [...] I've had Grönross (or
> whatever the . his name is) and that vile piece of filth ScRunge
> jumping on my neck and telling me I'm out of order. .
scRunge and Markku are both useless pieces of shit, and should be
either responded to with utmost hostility, or killfiled.
> Basically, I give up.
>
> So, anybody recommend any other travel newsgroups, moderated or
> otherwise, with lively and sensible debates about travel in Europe?
I think Lonely Planet's on-line Thorn Tree forum has been mentioned.
It's utterly bereft of the kind of crap that has come to turn RTE
into yet another piece of the Usenet cesspool. The death of Usenet
has been predicted for a while, and the on-line forums, which are
far better at filtering spam and terminating useless idiots, are
probably doing their bit to drive a stake into the newsgroups' barely
beating heart.
Also the forum section in http://www.virtualtourist.com/ is very good.
It strikes me that the main reason for the demise of RTE is this:-
All the off-topic crap (from the likes scRunge and Markku) on RTE made it a
very busy NG in terms of traffic.
This in turn led the spammers to target it with all their junk.
There are still plenty of NGs about which are relatively "pollution free" -
so don't write Usenet off completely yet.
Gerry
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