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we used to have usenet...

• derekp7 8y ago
  And when I first got online in the early 90's, my ISP had an additional subscription option to get real newspaper-type articles delivered in a special usenet newsgroup hierarchy (can't remember the name of the news service itself though).
• Endy 8y ago
  What do you mean "used to"? Usenet still exists.
  • TuringTest 8y ago
    And how good is it?
    • Endy 8y ago
      Like any community, that's defined by the people in it. Some groups are excellent, some groups are mostly dead, some display varying levels of toxicity. Overall my experience hasn't been a bad one.
      • TuringTest 8y ago
        What kinds of groups are there? Given the lack of popularity and commercial support, combined with the complexity to connect a client with an available server (compared with downloading an app from the store), I'd expect that they are populated mostly by old tech people or passers-by from universities; and any special interest group would have small user base coming from that demographic profile. Are my assumptions correct?