The only issue that killed Usenet was the illegal content, namely MP3s and child pornography. Back in the early 90s, I knew people that were using Usenet for re

The only issue that killed Usenet was the illegal content, namely MP3s and child pornography. Back in the early 90s, I knew people that were using Usenet for regular porn (not kiddie porn). But it was the MP3s once music piracy got big that became huge. The weight of all those binary posts, plus the risk of housing child pornography is why most ISPs shut off access to Usenet. Reddit is an excellent upgrade on Usenet. If you have a specific interest, it's usually well-maintained by a moderator or the subreddit dies. And unlike Usenet, the best comments usually bubble to the top, so you don't have to read every single comment, the voting mechanism works on well-run subreddits.