• curious if anyone is still here...

    From Jeff Harper@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 16 23:53:06 2021
    just curious if anyone is still around, it's been awhile since i've been on, thought I'd ask...



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  • From Doug McIntyre@21:1/5 to Jeff Harper on Thu Jun 17 11:28:12 2021
    Jeff Harper <jharper*REM0VE*@panix.com> writes:
    just curious if anyone is still around, it's been awhile since i've been on, thought I'd ask...

    A few people still use usenet.
    I have some groups that get quite regular use.
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  • From Jeff Harper@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 19 13:45:47 2021
    On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:28:12, Doug McIntyre <merlyn@dork.geeks.org> posted:

    A few people still use usenet.
    I have some groups that get quite regular use.

    Which groups? Looking for life outside of facebook and twitter...

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  • From kashif.zafars@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Doug McIntyre on Sun Jun 20 03:00:07 2021
    On Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 8:28:21 PM UTC+4, Doug McIntyre wrote:
    Jeff Harper <jharper*REM0VE*@panix.com> writes:
    just curious if anyone is still around, it's been awhile since i've been on, thought I'd ask...
    A few people still use usenet.
    I have some groups that get quite regular use.
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    do...@themcintyres.us
    hmm

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  • From Chris Roberts@21:1/5 to Doug McIntyre on Tue Aug 31 06:57:53 2021
    On Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 12:28:21 PM UTC-4, Doug McIntyre wrote:
    Jeff Harper <jharper*REM0VE*@panix.com> writes:
    just curious if anyone is still around, it's been awhile since i've been on, thought I'd ask...
    A few people still use usenet.
    I have some groups that get quite regular use.
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    Doug McIntyre
    do...@themcintyres.us
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    Usenet could and should be the most useful thing on the entire Internet.
    I don't know why Google Groups has so neutered it.
    Usenet and Deja was just Sooo wonderfully simple and useful. You could ask any question on any topic.

    Now all we have is other separated Blog sites... (The word blog was new, but they simply stole the concept that Usenet already had and split it up). (ie: Cisco/Dell/Reddit/Pinterest) are all just blogs and have separate logins that you have to sign up
    for. Then, they spam the participants.
    Deja-News/Usenet was just perfect! (And it would be so easy for google to resurrect it).
    Now there are no good alternatives. (But, do let me know if I am wrong).

    Thanks,
    crzzy1
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