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> Laughs in Usenet The rise in pirate binary groups is what killed Usenet feeds on most ISPs. I used to be a great follower of text groups but it became more
by dingaling 6y ago
> Laughs in Usenet
The rise in pirate binary groups is what killed Usenet feeds on most ISPs.
I used to be a great follower of text groups but it became more and more difficult to find a feed and the overall signal:noise ratio faded.
Eventually I gave up. Thanks for nothing, you folks who want to watch other people's content for free.
- Cyph0n 6y agoI don’t get this argument at all. Are you saying that the rise of online forums and then social media had absolutely nothing to do with it?
- dleslie 6y agoNot the person you're responding to, but I had a similar experience. There were basically a few stages: 1. The Eternal September, and it was dark and cold. 2. The rise of the spam bots, and it became filthy. 3. The weight of the binaries, and ISPs began to shy away. 4. The popularity of PHPBB, and The Eternal September began to wane. 5. The binaries grew heavier, the spam more pervasive, and more and more human peers found their access dropped by their ISPs. NNTP was glorious while it lasted, but it died by its popularity.