This group needs splitting?

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Anthony Buckland

This is the only day in the last week that I've been able to scan through
the postings
in this group. Reason: like some others I used to enjoy, the volume of
postings has
become too great. I guess there always has to be a "general", and people
can't be
prevented from posting all manner of relevant content. But could we maybe
have
a few more specialized groups spawned to take some of the pressure off this
one
by giving people alternate places to post?

Your mileage may vary, of course. :)
 
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David Webb

There are some existing specialized newsgroups. See this link for a listing:

Windows XP Newsgroups
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups.mspx

| This is the only day in the last week that I've been able to scan through
| the postings
| in this group. Reason: like some others I used to enjoy, the volume of
| postings has
| become too great. I guess there always has to be a "general", and people
| can't be
| prevented from posting all manner of relevant content. But could we maybe
| have
| a few more specialized groups spawned to take some of the pressure off this
| one
| by giving people alternate places to post?
|
| Your mileage may vary, of course. :)
|
|
 
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Rock

This is the only day in the last week that I've been able to scan through
the postings
in this group. Reason: like some others I used to enjoy, the volume of
postings has
become too great. I guess there always has to be a "general", and people
can't be
prevented from posting all manner of relevant content. But could we maybe
have
a few more specialized groups spawned to take some of the pressure off
this one
by giving people alternate places to post?

Your mileage may vary, of course. :)
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Actually the volume of posts in here is down. I think with Vista a lot of
folks are playing with that. Used to be on a busy day there were 1000+
posts. Now it's half that.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Anthony said:
This is the only day in the last week that I've been able to scan
through the postings
in this group. Reason: like some others I used to enjoy, the volume
of postings has
become too great. I guess there always has to be a "general", and
people can't be
prevented from posting all manner of relevant content. But could we
maybe have
a few more specialized groups spawned to take some of the pressure
off this one
by giving people alternate places to post?
Click to expand...


That would be a *terrible* thing, in my view. It sounds great, but splitting
newsgroups always works in the wrong direction. It doesn't decrease traffic
in the parent newsgroup, because people continue to post there *and* in the
new child newsgroups, hoping for greater exposure. And they usually
multipost, rather than crossspost.

Most of us would end up reading the extra newsgroups as well as the parent,
and the end result is overall *increased* newsgroup traffic.

There are already too many XP newsgroups, and groups like general, basics,
and newusers largely duplicate each other. Even Help_and_Support, which
is*supposed* to be about the Windows "Help and Support" function is
misunderstood and just becomes another "general" group, largely duplicating
the purpose of others. We would be much better off with *fewer* newsgroups,
not more.
 
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Richard Urban

As it is now, many people can't find their own posts to obtain the answers.

--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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antioch

Rock said:
Clipped


Actually the volume of posts in here is down. I think with Vista a lot of
folks are playing with that. Used to be on a busy day there were 1000+
posts. Now it's half that.
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And a few vista users are posting in here as well :)
I think the updates group is the hardest to follow at the moment - so many
duplicate posts within one thread.
I go in there for 'depression therapy'

Antioch
 
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Rock

"Rock"wrote
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And a few vista users are posting in here as well :)
I think the updates group is the hardest to follow at the moment - so many
duplicate posts within one thread.
I go in there for 'depression therapy'
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Lol..I haven't dipped a toe into the "slough of despond" in quite awhile.
Been too cheery lately to risk it.
 
R

Rock

As it is now, many people can't find their own posts to obtain the
answers.
Click to expand...
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote
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Richard, isn't there a way to see how many posts are made to a specific
newsgroup in a month? How to do that slips my memory at the moment.
 
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Richard Urban

It looks like 13,212 messages in this group from 9/1 through 9/30.



--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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antioch

Rock said:
Lol..I haven't dipped a toe into the "slough of despond" in quite awhile.
Been too cheery lately to risk it.
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Even Pilgrim would have avoided updates
Antioch
 
J

Jon

Reliable sources are claiming that "antioch said:
Thanks Jon - but re the updates, which seems lower than I would have
thought, the posts would be much higher if the fact that many threads have
posters saying ' I have the same problem ' was taken into consideration.
Antioch
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Yeah - 2228 posts officially last month. Thought it interesting that approx
10% of those are made by 2 people.
 
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antioch

Jon said:
Reliable sources are claiming that "antioch said:
The reason I decided to write that, was mainly because "Rock"

Richard, isn't there a way to see how many posts are made to a specific
newsgroup in a month? How to do that slips my memory at the moment.

--

Rock [ MVP User/Shell]

You can find that info here
http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/Tech/
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Thanks Jon - but re the updates, which seems lower than I would have
thought, the posts would be much higher if the fact that many threads
have posters saying ' I have the same problem ' was taken into
consideration.
Antioch
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Yeah - 2228 posts officially last month. Thought it interesting that
approx 10% of those are made by 2 people.
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Not surprised - the experts in there have worked there 'round objects off'
the last two months.
Cant praise them enough.
Antioch
 

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