I agree. The internet today is fast, cheap, pervasive, and well-supported. We have Google, GitHub and YouTube. What is not to like? I missed Usenet at one poin

I agree. The internet today is fast, cheap, pervasive, and well-supported. We have Google, GitHub and YouTube. What is not to like? I missed Usenet at one point, but I've come to find HN/Reddit/Twitter/web forums have filled that gap, from my point of view at least. HN/Reddit/web forums are quite similar in many respects, and while the UX is quite different, over time I've come not to mind, and in some ways to even prefer it. (Twitter? - well, it is not really much like Usenet at all, is it? But it is a place where I've found myself finding out about new stuff, and found myself amused by seeing people write performatively, and it reminds me of Usenet on that basis.)