It is interesting how Usenet suddenly on the whole seems to be having
a bit of a renaissance. This is nice, as all alternatives that have
turned up over the years are centered around a single company or a
website.
Am 06.01.2023 um 16:34:06 Uhr schrieb Otto J. Makela:
It is interesting how Usenet suddenly on the whole seems to be having
a bit of a renaissance. This is nice, as all alternatives that have
turned up over the years are centered around a single company or a
website.
Why do you think it has a renaissance?
Especially the English part comp.* seems to be most abandoned.
Ok. Are there any "project" in getting new users to the groups and >advertising them?
There is actual discussion in news.groups, moderators are being
re-appointed, and the message I was following up to was the
comp.lang.c FAQ reporting in. Not very much, but still better than
nothing.
It is interesting how Usenet suddenly on the whole seems
to be having a bit of a renaissance. This is nice, as all
alternatives that have turned up over the years are
centered around a single company or a website.
There is actual discussion in news.groups, moderators are being
re-appointed, and the message I was following up to was the comp.lang.c
FAQ reporting in. Not very much, but still better than nothing.
Ok. Are there any "project" in getting new users to the groups and advertising them?
The Big-8 Board has been trying to raise interest and participation
in Usenet generally by giving talks and interviews in other media.
We've been covered in the Open Collective blog, hosted a Reddit IAmA,
and given talks on Usenet at various conferences and events. See,
for example, the announcement elsewhere in this group of our upcoming
talk at LibrePlanet 2023: <news:tur1oc$ik1d$1@dont-email.me>
Besides this, it seems that certain other communities have been
advertising groups. In 2021 the Board created the
comp.infosystems.gemini group and it seems to be doing well without
any promotion from us (apart from the usual group creation
announcement).
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