where did everyone go?

[Hankjam]

This used to be one of the busiest ng I read but recently.....

Hj

 

[trip_to_tokyo]

This used to be one of the busiest ng I read but recently.....

Hj

This is where everybody has gone:-

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeexcel

 

[Gordon]

This used to be one of the busiest ng I read but recently.....

Hj

So you never saw all the posts from MS telling you about the imminent
closure of the MS news server?

 

[James Silverton]

trip_to_tokyo wrote on Tue, 6 Jul 2010 10:54:44 -0700 (PDT):

This is where everybody has gone:-

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeexcel

and I doubt that there will be a notice there saying that groups have
*not* yet died.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

 

[Jim Cone]

Apparently Microsoft believes applications, code and help forums should be slow, ponderous and inefficient.
Information and alternatives at...
http://blog.contextures.com/archives/2010/06/30/the-excel-newsgroups-disappeared/
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.mediafire.com/PrimitiveSoftware




"Hankjam" <[email protected]........>
wrote in message
This used to be one of the busiest ng I read but recently.....
Hj

 

[Steve Hayes]

This used to be one of the busiest ng I read but recently.....

Microsoft said they were closing down their news servers, so their own staff
will have to find other news servers if they want access, and probably can't
do it on company time.

 

[James Silverton]

Steve wrote on Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:28:08 +0200:

Microsoft said they were closing down their news servers, so
their own staff will have to find other news servers if they
want access, and probably can't do it on company time.

What does an MVP get from Microsoft that makes them want to go to the
forums?

--

James Silverton (not an MVP at all!)

Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

This is where everybody has gone:-

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeexcel

You mean everyone with a lot of time to spare waiting for another very
slow web forum.

 

[Gordon]

You mean everyone with a lot of time to spare waiting for another very
slow web forum.

Eh? Have you tried it? It's no slower than these groups...

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

Eh? Have you tried it? It's no slower than these groups...

I can read 20 newsgroup messages while I'm waiting for a web forum.

Steve

 

[Gordon]

I can read 20 newsgroup messages while I'm waiting for a web forum.

What do you mean by "waiting" for a web forum? The MS Answers forums are
instantaneous....

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

What do you mean by "waiting" for a web forum? The MS Answers forums are
instantaneous....

If I want to check on forum changes I have to go through a series of
selections. Every step has take a few seconds which I have to wait
for. There is no instant access to changes. All I need to do with
newsgroups is press the space bar and the reader jumps to the next
change. AAMOI I read the forums through the Community Forums NNTP
bridge and Agent. That gives me the access I want without the
inconvenience of web forums.

Steve

 

[Gord Dibben]

As a 10-year Excel MVP I can state there is no incentive from MS to entice me
over to the forums.


Gord Dibben soon-to-be-ex-MVP

 

[Gord Dibben]

Thanks Kirk

I will continue to monitor these groups.


Gord

 

[Dave Peterson]

Gord,

I'm using the community bridge and it works fine for me (for the most part).
You may want to reconsider and start looking at those forums using your
newsreader -- just like before.

The bad news is that not as many questioners have found the forums. There seem
to be about 20 questions per day and 1234 answers per question <vbg>.

I'm hoping that'll change soon.

 

[Steve Hayes]

As a 10-year Excel MVP I can state there is no incentive from MS to entice me
over to the forums.

Thank you!

 

[Gord Dibben]

Dave

I had my newsreader set up using the bridge.

As you point out...............many answers--few questions.

I think it is time for a rest in any case.

Been a good long run but have come to the end of me.

I'll hang around here for a while but at a greatly reduced pace.


Gord

 

[Dave Peterson]

I think with the implementation of the forums, most of the regulars will see a
reduced pace -- and not by choice.

Whatever you decide, congrats on the last 10 years!

 

[Max]

As you point out...............many answers--few questions
Agreed, and which actually means splendid service for the few who ask
the few questions
I'm puzzled as to why MS' migration has failed to pull in the numbers
so far
Perhaps over time, hopefully, posters will flock in once again like in
the past ..

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

Agreed, and which actually means splendid service for the few who ask
the few questions
I'm puzzled as to why MS' migration has failed to pull in the numbers
so far

It's because thousands of people who been using newsgroups for
decades do not like the relatively clumsy and slow web forums.

Perhaps over time, hopefully, posters will flock in once again like in
the past ..

I will not be joining any web forums and will continue using
newsgroups even if the children at Microsoft pull more plugs.

Steve