On Aug 31, 4:18*pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

One of the reasons I don't bemoan the demise of Usenet is because
Usenet was accepting of anonymity.

I agree that anonymity is a problem, but it's not the cause of the
decline of ROFF.

Take of look at The Drake forums (http://www.drakemag.com/). They're
absolutely tolerant of anonymity, but they're also active and vibrant,
full of interesting trip reports of some outstanding photography.
That's where Willi and Bruiser went when they left ROFF, and I know
that they've met many great people there.

One reason The Drake works is that it's a far more sophisticated
medium than Usenet. In addition to text, you can post photos and
videos. In that respect, it's like Facebook, but with anonymity and
being specialized for fly fishing.

That said, I don't like The Drake forums for the same reason I
sometimes disliked ROFF: the bad behavior that anonymity leads to. The
newbie bashing, for example, is brutal -- worse than anything I've
ever seen on ROFF.