Re: Is there anyone out there who has an actual, real-life dentistry type question?

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Re: Is there anyone out there who has an actual, real-life dentistry type question?

New B.	20 Jun 2009 13:53
>> And sci.med is actually much worse. Most of the newsgroups seem to >> require a critical mass of involved regular posters to keep things from >> getting overrun. > >The regular posters are like weed control, spam being the weeds. Then that would make you a dandelion, right simpleton? <plonk>

Simplicio	18 Jun 2009 15:19
> And sci.med is actually much worse. Most of the newsgroups seem to > require a critical mass of involved regular posters to keep things from > getting overrun. The regular posters are like weed control, spam being the weeds.

Mark & Steven Bornfeld

18 Jun 2009 14:40

>> What has happened to our newsgroup? Where are all the interesting
>> questions that were once posed about actual, everyday, dental
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> R

I don't know that one! ;-)
If tenth is mourning the loss of Joel, Hans, John and Ninetta, Stovie,
he's been in mourning for a lot more than 2 weeks. Truth is, it's been
going down a long time, and it may be entropic, in the sense that so
many ISPs have dropped their news feeds. But you're also right that
most of the newsgroups go through paroxisms of spam, porn, etc.
And sci.med is actually much worse. Most of the newsgroups seem to
require a critical mass of involved regular posters to keep things from
getting overrun. And those that are still relatively healthy are not
necessarily the ones I'd think would survive. But then, I'm a lousy
stock picker too.

Steve

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RicodJour

18 Jun 2009 05:13

> What has happened to our newsgroup? Where are all the interesting
> questions that were once posed about actual, everyday, dental
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> I'm just really bummed out because I really liked this NG until about
> 2 weeks ago.

This too shall pass. But there is an entropic death of Usenet in the
making. Twitter and it's ilk are a near perfect substitute and
they're as close as your cell phone. Instead of long winded questions/
answers/diatribes, there are 140 characters.

It's like the old joke:

83!

R

tenthmed

18 Jun 2009 00:34

What has happened to our newsgroup? Where are all the interesting
questions that were once posed about actual, everyday, dental
concerns? Why is it that someone(thing?) named Jan Drew can monopolize
our NG. Freedom of the 'net I guess. And of course this NG is free/
gratis/no charge/kostenlos yada yada. But see what happens...
thoughtful participants disappear and real patients are intimidated by
these internet bullies and never post again! Actually, 10 years ago
this NG was great. I only ever heard about Boyd and the NTI on this
NG. I've tried to warn about PerioProtect. What happened to Hans
Lenros, Stovepipe, John & Ninetta, Joel Eichen, USW? But some internet
denizens (sharks?) like (whoever the hell she/he/it is) Jan Drew have
screwed it up for all of us.

I'm just really bummed out because I really liked this NG until about
2 weeks ago.

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