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Re: Usenet: Predictions for the New Millennium?

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From: mimus
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00
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On Sat, 01 Jan 2000 17:08:39 GMT, mr_james_hunter@mailcity.com (James
Hunter) wrote:

>On Sat, 01 Jan 2000 03:19:12 GMT, mimus wrote the following silly
>shit:
>
>>On Sat, 01 Jan 2000 09:29:56 +1100, Ward <wnallen@ozemail.comdotau>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Jonathan Grobe wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Anyone care to make any predictions as to what will happen to Usenet
>>>> in the new millennium?
>>>> 
>>>It will be flooded by a deluge of fuckheads, netcops, kooks, and
>>>the occasional entertaining idiot.
>>>
>>>Oh.  Wait.  It'll just be the same.
>>
>>I'm waiting for Sega Dreamcast to bring Usenet to the multitudes left
>>behind by the technical intricacies of aol and webtv . . . .
>
>Har. I doubt .05% have heard about Usenet, much less be able to wander
>their way in, even using Deja.

Is there an analysis out there somewhere as to the number of posters
and posting-frequency distribution? 
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From: mimus
Subject: Re: Usenet: Predictions for the New Millennium?
Date: 2000/01/01
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