Quote Originally Posted by glukoz View Post
Do You also mean that present active participle is rarely used in spoken language as well? If it is the case, then how would You formulate following exemplary sentence in spoken Russian (without present AP):

Я не люблю людей делающих плохие вещи.
May I answer? I'd say that both present and past active participles are not often used in spoken Russian. Attributive subordinate clauses are used instead.

Я не люблю людей, которые поступают плохо.
Я не люблю людей, которые совершают плохие поступки.