I still use Usenet. I don't like mailing lists, Discord, Element, Slack, Discourse, etc. NNTP and IRC are much better. I only started using Usenet recently (an

I still use Usenet. I don't like mailing lists, Discord, Element, Slack, Discourse, etc. NNTP and IRC are much better. I only started using Usenet recently (and only for text, not binaries); all of the spam messages I have seen are from Google Groups. Legitimate messages are sometimes from Google Groups too, but are also posted on other servers. (I wrote my own NNTP client software actually) I also run my own NNTP server, for the discussions for my own projects and that stuff (it isn't connected with any other NNTP servers currently, although it could be done if wanted). Currently it does not include the web interface; those who are interested in it can help with such a thing. Web interface is then an alternative for the people who do not like NNTP; the web interface includes a clear link to the NNTP even if JavaScripts/CSS are disabled, so that if given the link to the web interface, you can still use the NNTP if you do prefer to use the NNTP. (I also use 63-bit article numbers rather than 31-bit article numbers, although it is unlikely that they will ever reach high enough numbers that will exceed 31-bits, it is an available feature if it is needed.)