Little bit different route, but usenet. UI wise there are several clients (newsreaders), thunderbird is usable. Finding good healty groups can be challenge, but

Little bit different route, but usenet. UI wise there are several clients (newsreaders), thunderbird is usable. Finding good healty groups can be challenge, but they are there. One thing I like, there is healty amount of non-english speaking groups, like germans or italians.