What's wrong with RSG?
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From: Dene on 24 Feb 2007 17:34 On Feb 24, 1:40 pm, Robert Hamilton <D...(a)att.net> wrote: > ...snippitt.. > > I pretty much disagree across the board. I've been posting to usenet > groups since the late 1980's or so, and other DB's before that. They did > used to be communities, but now way now. Most of the people who post here > golf much if at all. David Laviulle hit the nail on the head with this > sort of group a long time ago; people live out some fantasy. We have the > great clubmaker who "dosen't like" what Wishon has to say on this or that, > but doesn't understand simple things like the design if DGSL shafts. > Laughable. We get the golf swing experts quoting from some book, but > really have no clue as to the nature of the different swing systenms that > have come out over the years. You then get a lot of defending of the > various myths, like the scratch golfers who can't break 80 on a > recreational layout! > > It hasn't always been that way though. The people who are really into golf > don't come here much. The people who really know clubmaking haven't come > here for years at all. All of usenet has declined in a similar fashion > since every goober with a computer started posting. For me it's > entertaining, but not in any sense serious with respect to golf or people. > > RSG, like most usenet groups represents a very antisocial "community" if > it is a community in any sense at all. Anything that could be good is > sacrificed for the sake of the phoney online persona. I read your post twice. Reread Bret's. What specific points of his do you disagree with? -Greg
From: Tom K on 24 Feb 2007 18:11 NASCAR? We don't get that channel up this far north... --Tom <---- who doesn't watch NASCAR, but in his youth had a 1970 Dodge Charger (sweet).... "annika1980" <annika1980(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:1172340119.118230.37460(a)t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com... <snip> > At my course there is much more talk about football, NASCAR, and > politics than golf. > My point is that there wouldn't be off-topic threads if people didn't > respond to them. <snip>
From: annika1980 on 24 Feb 2007 18:30 On Feb 24, 4:40 pm, Robert Hamilton <D...(a)att.net> wrote: > > I pretty much disagree across the board. > All of usenet has declined in a similar fashion > since every goober with a computer started posting. For me it's > entertaining, but not in any sense serious with respect to golf or people. > I agree with most of what you wrote (except the part about you disagreeing with everything I said). One of the reasons for posting in a group where you know the posters is because you can gauge their responses. You are right, most of the info you get on the internet is 100% wrong. So you need to be able to separate the truth from the BS. By knowing the people on the group you get an idea of who knows their stuff. For example, if you ask a Q. about Operating Systems or Browsers on any newsgroup you'll get 100 answers, most of which don't even answer the question. Ask a question about Microsoft Vista and some fool will pipe up, "You should switch to Linux." Let's say I want to know about video capture devices. If I go to rec.video and ask a question, I'll get 100 responses, most of which are by people who don't have a clue. But I know Randy Brown and know what he does so if he answers my question I know I can trust his advice. Similarly, if you are a newbie and ask a golf swing question on RSG you might leave saying, "Boy that Hibbard guy sure knows his stuff." If you stick around awhile your opinion may change, once you know the personalities who post here. I know that certian people have certain areas of expertise. If I want to know about video I'll ask Randy. For clubmaking advice I might ask Dalecki (yeah, right!). If I wanna know about drinkin beer and farting I'll ask Big Tex. For advice on the long ball, I'll ask Sparky. And Frostback is there for everything else.
From: Robert Hamilton on 24 Feb 2007 18:36 annika1980 wrote: I know that certian people have certain areas of expertise. > For clubmaking advice I might ask Dalecki (yeah, right!). Yup. And if you ask on GEA you may get responses from people like Dana Upshaw, Matt Mohi and Tom Wishon, not to mention Tim Hewitt and..... Heck, if you post to RSG-Ohio you may get resonses from people like Dave Tutleman!
From: Chris Bellomy on 24 Feb 2007 18:38
annika1980 <annika1980(a)aol.com> wrote: : I know that certian people have certain areas of expertise. : If I want to know about video I'll ask Randy. : For clubmaking advice I might ask Dalecki (yeah, right!). : If I wanna know about drinkin beer and farting I'll ask Big Tex. : For advice on the long ball, I'll ask Sparky. : And Frostback is there for everything else. You forgot Larry. -- Chris Bellomy C-List Charter Member http://clist.org/ |