Ian Sutherland wrote:

I am a long time lurker in this group and have enjoyed many a
relevant
discussion about our weather ... the reason I joined the group. I am
sick and tired though of back-biting and all the rest. Would some
kind
person like to point me towards (possibly a moderated forum) a
discussion
group/web/whatever reminiscent of this group about 3 years or so ago?

Tired regards,

Ian

I understand and use killfiles but I think this is detrimental to the
group. This group is dying through a lack of the enthusiastic weather
reporting and discussion that I want to engage with. This is presumably
as a result of people leaving because of newsgroup antisocial
behaviour. Ignoring people doesn't diminish their effect on the group
as a whole (because other people are still responding to their posts).