The problem with even decentralized things like USENET is that when so few legitimate users leverage a thing, it stands out in traffic analysis. Google and Twi

The problem with even decentralized things like USENET is that when so few legitimate users leverage a thing, it stands out in traffic analysis. Google and Twitter are great precisely because so many people use it. And if the authors had the sense to keep the search terms region/topic-specific the traffic would be nearly impossible to notice or filter, without the benefit of hindsight.