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The problem with NNTP is a lack of incentives. ISPs have no incentives to keep the amount of data in Usenet. We need some kind of distributed system where the
by xtracto 5y ago
The problem with NNTP is a lack of incentives. ISPs have no incentives to keep the amount of data in Usenet. We need some kind of distributed system where the incentives to store and publish the data are there and are orthogonal to the interests of people reading and writing comments. It would even be a plus if it costed a tiny amount to write those comments, so as to reduce spam.
- welterde 5y agoIf one excludes the binary groups then the Usenet doesn't need that much storage at all.. The cost for that is negligible. However one needs to put in some work to keep it running and given it's not exactly a mainstream service, many ISPs have decided long ago to shut down their NNTP servers.