Those things still exist today, they didn't vanished. And none is stopping you creating new IRC channels or Usenet groups. Oh, wait, your problem is not that t

Those things still exist today, they didn't vanished. And none is stopping you creating new IRC channels or Usenet groups. Oh, wait, your problem is not that those things vanished, is that people no longer use them in large numbers. So what you want is to impose your will on others to use the technology that you want instead the one that they want, yes? I think this is called dictatorship.