4 ms·

Usenet is still a thing, going on 40 years now. It may not be uber popular but it's far from a failure.

• hk__2 8y ago
  > Usenet is still a thing, going on 40 years now. It may not be uber popular but it's far from a failure. Well, it’s not a failure, but it’s not far from abandon. Quoting from Wikipedia [1]: "AOL discontinued Usenet access in 2005. In May 2010, Duke University, whose implementation had kicked off Usenet more than 30 years earlier, decommissioned its Usenet server, citing low usage and rising costs. After 32 years, the Usenet news service link at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (news.unc.edu) was retired on February 4, 2011." [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet#Decline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet#Decline