Re: hi hi

On 6/18/23 7:25 PM, songbird wrote:
> D.J wrote:
> ...
>> Howdy, yes, these days very quiet. Back in the 1990s there were about
>> 400 posts per day, now about 20 posts per year.
>>
>> We had birthday parties, ghost stories at Halloween, and an amusement
>> park on the moon, and out the back door.
>>
>> No much going on here these days,
> 
>    there was a golden age when people would throw parties
> or gatherings and have fun.  :)  it happened that i had
> a break after college and working for a while that i
> could go off and see the country and visit friends.
> 
>    then came the precursors to FB and then FB itself.
> most people i knew from on-line went to those but i
> didn't.  i've always liked the text version the best.
> 
> 
>    songbird

And now young people won't use Facebook, and Twitter and Reddit are 
self-destructing.

Usenet may still have some utility yet, with a little care and feeding.