Re: What happened to rec.food.veg?

The Internet has changed and grown a lot over the last years. Some years ago, 
rec.food.veg 
had less competition. As I see it, the discussion domain for RFV is pretty much 
everything related to a vegetarian lifestyle. That is, RFV is a pretty general NG. 
Today 
there are lots of forums for discussing specific veg*an related topics. 
(AR, health, religion, etc.)

And in the beginning there were only newsgroups and mailing lists. And then came 
web-based 
discussion boards. Then live discussion on IRC. And then web-based chat rooms. And now 
MSN 
(behold - evil!) and similar applications. 

Nothing lasts forever. But I think that RFV is still a great NG, and it has its 
mission.
A number of the individuals who contribute to this NG have decades of experience and 
excellent 
insigths and know-how. (Thanks everyone!) And as you mentioned, it has also become a 
nice place 
without so much trolling. 

I'm not sure what happened to all the trolls. Even alt.food.vegan wasn't too bad the 
last time
I was reading it. However, the drop in trolling activity in the NGs coincided with an 
increase 
in email spam. So they're now probably working as professional spammers... :)

Karl Erik

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 08:24:42 +0100
Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> When I first this group years ago it had HEAVY traffice.
> 
> A lot of this traffic was trolling.
> 
> I prefer no traffic to trolling, but I am curious as to the drop off in 
> traffic.
> 
> Did all the trolls/trafic go to alt.food.vegan?
> 
> Just curious?
> 
> Steve
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