The history of our newsgroup

A decade ago, our newsgroup was *very much* different that it is today
for many reasons. To those who are newcomers, those reasons are obscure
.... even if the newcomers went to the great Google-god asking for
evidence that would prove that today's threads differ from threads of
years; if not decades, gone by.

I'm one of those people who identifies with "anniversaries". Whether it
was 14 years ago that smd became an official newsgroup in usenet or
whether it was eleven years ago since some other event took place ... it
might just be Webby who is the one who tallies up time.

Readers of our newsgroup might think or post the question, "why does it
matter if we mark time?" Well ... why does it take nine months
gestational time to produce a full-term newborn? (Mother's Day is on
Sunday.) Why does it take a particular curriculum to complete a
particular degree? Anyway, ... time is what proves the test of time.

I, probably just like may others reading this, ... I pay attention to
the comings and goings of the posters to sci.med.dentistry. I also keep
an eye on alt.support.jaw-disorders ("my baby") ... and I wonder when
and why people who strike out at posters, with the assumption that a
handle such as "newbie" is actually a newbie, ... I wonder when they got
onboard this cyber-expedition.

This post isn't about dentistry. But it is about how dentistry is being
discussed in usenet. Would any of our old-regulars (no age mentioned)
or new-arrivals (no age mentioned) care to discuss the value of this
particular global forum to the profession of dentistry and to the
patients (whom are also dental professionals when necessary)? It's just
an idea of mine. What do "you all" (y'all) think?

Webby
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