It's also really hard to get into. If you just download a news reader, read the manual, and go onto a random forum, you'll find a lot of weird early-2000's spam

It's also really hard to get into. If you just download a news reader, read the manual, and go onto a random forum, you'll find a lot of weird early-2000's spam, and maybe some (crazy) discussion, and it's really hard to find active communities. People who live there don't have these problems because they have big kill lists, know which groups are interesting, and only download new stuff, which is pretty spam-free.