On Mar 26, 7:51=A0am, Keith Anderson wrote:
> OK, like DFM I think I've had enough of RTE.
>
> At one time, I think there were more than sufficient travel-related
> threads to keep RTE going as a valid and valuable resource.
> Travel-related threads were in the foreground, which left sufficient
> room in the background for fun, banter, Mixi-baiting, ScRunge dissing
> and interaction between posters who'd been here for a while.
>
> It seems that nowadays the background noise has become the foreground,
> and travel-related discussion has, regrettably, become the background.
> Yes, in former times there were always America vs Europe threads, with
> Go Fig embodying the voice of global corporatism and most disagreeing
> with him, but, as I say, enough travel-related discussion to keep it
> in the background.
>
> Now, we have hitherto sensible posters falling out with one another,
> very little about travel in Europe - although stalwarts such as tile,
> Giovanni Drogo and a few others do their best with quality posts to
> keep the spirit of RTE alive.
>
> I'm less concerned about the spam than I am about the lack of serious
> questions from potential travellers to Europe - and in attempting to
> try and be reasonable with the recent question from China about where
> he/she/it should go first in Europe, it appears that I have made a
> major blunder in answering a question from a Chinese troll. I'm sorry.
> I didn't check his/her/its email address. =A0I've had Gr=F6nross (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. .
>
> Basically, I give up.
>
> So, anybody recommend any other travel newsgroups, moderated or
> otherwise, with lively and sensible debates about travel in Europe?
>
> Keith (formerly of Bristol UK)
> now moved to Berlin/nach Berlin umgezogen
Keith- I will be sad to see you leave RTE- a couple of years ago you
gave me some excellent help with a trip to the Bath area in the UK.
As an occasional poster, & a regular reader, I am also sad to lose
people such as Padraig & Barbara Vaughan. I have tried other groups-
Fodors Europe springs to mid- however I find that RME was the best,
with excellent replies to so many genuine queries from so many
contributors. Fodors Europe is OK, but (dare I say) a little Americo-
centric, where the replies do not have the wit and interest of those
in in RTE. I do hope this group survives the Chinese spammers, and
that our "lost" contributors will eventually. return to the fold. In
the meantime, do any of our remaining RTErs have any good
groups to suggest?
Sandra
lurking in Adelaide |