[Consim-l] Re: Internet clutter

[Neil]

 Hi again
 Just another post, two in a week a record. I think it's what the internet
is all about. Its not like the magazines where you might have to wait months
for an article on the game you're interested in here a medium where you can
sign up to talk and game on the one particular game 24 hours a day if you
(and the rest of the group) want. I think it's a bonus for the hobby and can
only be doing it good. I do agree though that this site has got a lot
quieter than the past though and it might be because people are
specializing. I think though that a group like this is a great entry point
for someone stating out in the hobby and the internet.

Regards Neil


That's a very interesting observation, since my (limited) perspective 
is that the exact opposite is true.  CONSIM has had less traffic in 
the last 6 months than any other period I can think of.  As for 
Usenet, wargaming-related posts on 'rec.games.board' have 
essentially vanished -- according to Google I've posted exactly one 
message in the last 3 years.  ConsimWorld seems to be as busy as 
ever, but the signal-to-noise ratio there went down the toilet years 
ago (at least in the folders I follow).  I imagined that Yahoo groups 
picked up the slack, and only today learned otherwise:

> > On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:43:28 -0500
> >   Tracy Johnson <tmjva at verizon.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> (And other little-used yahoogroups, a message now and then to keep
those
> >>lists alive.)

So my question to Alan (and anybody else who cares to reply) is, 
where have all the wargaming discussions gone?  Is 
BoardGameGeek (which I rarely check) the hot place?  Have IM's 
and/or Chat Rooms (which I don't bother with) taken over?  Or is it 
simply non-interactive websites pouring out a flood of information?

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