I didn't get on usenet until 1998 (didn't have internet access before 1995), but I found it quite informative for the topics I was interested in. Unfortunately

I didn't get on usenet until 1998 (didn't have internet access before 1995), but I found it quite informative for the topics I was interested in. Unfortunately, the groups frequented died out around 2013 when pretty much all the regulars stopped posting.