"Janet" wrote
lordsmith says...

Although it seems to be slowing down a bit.

That's because the mindless chatterati departed to facebook/twitter and
now the only people left posting here are the urg gardeners.


Often the case but neither Facebook nor especially Twitter need to be like
that, it all depends who you are friends with on Facebook and who you follow
on Twitter.
My wife is on Facebook and she is friends with some relatives and a few real
friends some of whom we had lost touch with a bit over the decades. Couple
of the relative keep reposting (sharing) others posts which can be annoying
but otherwise it's fine. It's a bit more difficult personally to un-friend
someone on Facebook.
With Twitter it's very easy to un-follow someone who is getting on your
nerves as some have with me because they post too many times each day or
post pointless chatter. I follow various nurseries, the RHS, RBG Kew,
Latour-Marliac and some similar organisations and get some interesting info
and links from them.
You just have to be circumspect in who you befriend/follow.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK