Exactly, People have learned how to do searches. I assume that is the
reason also. It's very rare a "new" question is posted and just as
rare that a "new" answer will be given.

Bob

On Dec 27, 5:41*pm, wrote:
> On Dec 20, 4:46*am, Joe Sallustio > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 19, 6:25 pm, Dick Heckman > wrote:
>
> > > It seems that there is much less activity here lately. *Are folks moving
> > > elsewhere?
>
> > > dick
>
> > This is the original winemaking newsgroup, it's been around for close
> > to 15 years. *To be honest, it's not only spawned a lot of other
> > groups but most questions have been asked and answered many times.
> > The groups was much more active years ago, but that is where a lot of
> > questions got answered. *I might be willing to bet there are close to
> > a thousand posts on cleaning/ removing labels from bottles for
> > example. *There really aren't that many ways to do that and I can
> > guarantee all of them have already been explored here.
>
> > I'm not saying it's outlived it's usefulness, just that there are
> > other groups out there now answering all these questions, again. *So
> > 'dilution' is occurring... *
>
> > Joe
>
> I agree with Joe.
>
> You can search almost any wine making question within this group and
> you will find pages of relative info. I search first and if I don't
> find the info/help I need, then I will post a question. Why post if
> the info you need has been discussed multiple times. I think some of
> the folks that have been around this site for awhile probably get
> tired of the same old questions all the time. That said, this is a
> great group and a wealth of information and if you don't like to
> search and would rather post questions, I bet you will still get some
> discussion.
>
> Happy Holidays!
>
> Jesse