I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to
join maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all
of them are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that
don't have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way
around if I have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark
doesn't seem to be that fruitful for me
Much obliged
justaW wrote:
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to
join maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of
them are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't
have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way around if I
have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark doesn't seem to
be that fruitful for me
Much obliged
comp.mobile.android
is always busy.
What specific interests do you have? Hobbies etc.
Ed
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join
maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't
have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way around if I
have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark doesn't seem to be
that fruitful for me
Much obliged
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to joinYes! you are obliged to spread my butt cheeks
maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't
have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way around if I
have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark doesn't seem to be
that fruitful for me
Much obliged
justaW,
I want to try to avoid politics because everywhere else, the algorithm
curates what you see in order to strike an emotional response.
Pretty-much all of it is spam anyway. Most, if not all of it, is ment to sway you to "buy" their product.
I think I could be considered a techie, gamer, or tinkerer, with a very
basic IT homelab set up (backups, nas, dns).
alt.comp.software.firefox
alt.msdos.batch.nt
alt.os.linux
alt.windows7.general
comp.sys.raspberry-pi
comp.unix.shell
I'm sure there are more, but those are the ones I am subscribed to myself.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
I want to try to avoid politics because everywhere else, the algorithm curates what you see in order to strike an emotional response.
I think I could be considered a techie, gamer, or tinkerer, with a very
basic IT homelab set up (backups, nas, dns).
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join >maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't
have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way around if I
have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark doesn't seem to be
that fruitful for me
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join
maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't
have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way around if I
have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark doesn't seem to be
that fruitful for me
Much obliged
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join
maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't
have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way around if I
have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark doesn't seem to be
that fruitful for me
Much obliged
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join
maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't
have spam?
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join
maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't
have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way around if I
have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark doesn't seem to be
that fruitful for me
Much obliged
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join
maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't
have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way around if I
have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark doesn't seem to be
that fruitful for me
Much obliged
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
Might anyone share with me a few groups that they frequent, that don't have spam? Any subject, really. I think I can find my way around if I have some breadcrumbs, but poking around in the dark doesn't seem to be that fruitful for me
Much obliged
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join
maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
On 18/6/2023 10:30 pm, justaW wrote:
I'm fairly new to this, using usenet and newsgroups. I've tried to join
maybe two dozen that seem to be interesting, but literally all of them
are filled with spam, except this and the windows 11 group.
There are not that many computer-related Usenet newsgroups that are active.
Depends on your definition of "active".
I follow several technical groups that may go weeks or months w/o any new threads,
but when they do get activity, it is usually worth reading.
Also, I often seek help myself in those groups, and that is, of course,
worth the effort.
On 22/6/2023 12:15 am, Kenny McCormack wrote:
Depends on your definition of "active".
I follow several technical groups that may go weeks or months w/o any new threads,
but when they do get activity, it is usually worth reading.
Also, I often seek help myself in those groups, and that is, of course,
worth the effort.
These days people go to web-based forums instead of Usenet or NNTP servers.
These days people go to web-based forums instead of Usenet or NNTP servers.
Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
These days people go to web-based forums instead of Usenet or NNTP servers.
Probably doesn't help when people on usenet tell them to go to forums
or social media!
In message <kfl0t5FcmbU2@mid.individual.net>, Andy Burns ><usenet@andyburns.uk> writes
Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
These days people go to web-based forums instead of Usenet or NNTP servers. >>Probably doesn't help when people on usenet tell them to go to forums
or social media!
I don't think most people who started using the Internet within the last >10-15 years are even aware that Usenet exists, so opinions expressed in >Usenet posts are unlikely to influence them either for or against it.
In article <u71e2v$39snp$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>,
Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
These days people go to web-based forums instead of Usenet or NNTP servers. >>
Yes, some people do that.
Lotsa people waste inordinate amounts of time on silly things like Facebook >and Twitter and Instagram and so on...
On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:55:09 -0000 (UTC), gazelle@shell.xmission.com
(Kenny McCormack) wrote:
In article <u71e2v$39snp$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>,
Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
These days people go to web-based forums instead of Usenet or NNTP servers. >>>
Yes, some people do that.
Yes, his statement was very inaccurate, although I'd say that *most*
people do..
Lotsa people waste inordinate amounts of time on silly things like Facebook >> and Twitter and Instagram and so on...
Yes.We're in an age where everyone is checking their phones every few
I appreciate everyone's help in pointing me in the right direction for
some active newsgroups.
justaW wrote:
I appreciate everyone's help in pointing me in the right direction for
some active newsgroups.
Were you hoping for any particular interest, or just anywhere that's not dead, full of drugspam, or has people with a few brain-cells left?
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