On a related note

[james_davis_nicoll]

What should go on a Top Ten "In retrospect, what the hell were we thinking" list of once-popular SF?

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Re: inherently more intelligent and open-minded than the general population

[daev.livejournal.com]

Continuing to post to Usenet is a definite sign of being set in one's ways ... says the guy who still posts to Usenet.

What bothers me about RASFW is that it seems to have taken a serious nose-dive into Small Stubborn Clique-dom sometime in the middle of last year.[*] Before that, there was a passing parade of interesting new people as well as the same old folks who trot out their prejudices for us all to admire again.

But I still go there, because I haven't found anywhere else I can talk and read about SF in general.

[*] Actually many of the still-vibrant Usenet groups ossified in the last year. Perhaps I just outgrew them, but I would bet money that the wave of ISPs & universities dropping Usenet around then was a silent death knell.