On Dec 27, 10:45 pm, wrote:
> 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

I kind of agree and kind of don't.

Many people use the news-reader portion of outlook express. Unless
their newsgroup provider has unlimited retention and was there before
the start of this wine-making group they wouldn't be able to find the
messages in their news-client. They might not realise (as I didn't
till the middle of this year) that they could search the entire (I
think) archive on Google. Also, different practices and materials and
equipment arises from time to time, so it is on occasion worth
revisiting.

I agree in general though