That used to be Usenet, which you can still read either via Google Groups, or one of many other paid providers. For example, comp.lang.* https://duckduckgo.com

That used to be Usenet, which you can still read either via Google Groups, or one of many other paid providers. For example, comp.lang.* https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=%22comp.lang.*%22 https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=%22comp.lang.*%22 Usenet: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=usenet&t=lm&ia=about https://duckduckgo.com/?q=usenet&t=lm&ia=about The nice thing about Usenet (or "news" as we used to say) is that, like email, it's a protocol and so it's not controlled by a single hyper corp (except to the extent that you let Google do exactly that). Usenet used to be an expected service at universities, ISPs and a few corporations. But you can easily get your feet wet via Google Groups, and you can also easily pay a commercial provider for access.