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  • Re: No more GG

    From *Hemidactylus*@21:1/5 to erik simpson on Thu Dec 14 23:11:30 2023
    erik simpson <eastside.erik@gmail.com> wrote:
    An old group (rec.bicycles.racing) has transitioned to Facebook, quite successfully. It' a thought. Or you can find a new client/server combo
    that works for you. Or we can just quit. There's less and less
    interesting stuff happening as time goes on, and the audience is very small and strange.

    We're even smaller than the "other group" I also posted this. The conversations here are much more interesting, and I'm interested in continuing. Suggestions?

    Discord? https://discord.com

    So far gaming oriented for paleontology: https://discord.com/servers?query=Paleontology

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  • From *Hemidactylus*@21:1/5 to John Harshman on Thu Dec 14 23:15:25 2023
    John Harshman <john.harshman@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 12/14/23 2:22 PM, erik simpson wrote:
    An old group (rec.bicycles.racing) has transitioned to Facebook,
    quite successfully. It' a thought. Or you can find a new
    client/server combo that works for you. Or we can just quit.
    There's less and less interesting stuff happening as time goes on,
    and the audience is very small and strange.

    We're even smaller than the "other group" I also posted this. The
    conversations here are much more interesting, and I'm interested in
    continuing. Suggestions?
    I use Thunderbird with Giganews. I find it adequate.

    But we don’t get the benefit of spam filtering found with Eternal September from what I’ve heard. I thought of messing with E-S alongside Giganews but haven’t had the motivation.

    Anyone on an Apple device can use NewsTap as a reader. There is a free and
    paid version. It’s not bad IMO. On my iPhone now.

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  • From Trolidan7@21:1/5 to John Harshman on Fri Dec 15 14:01:25 2023
    On 12/14/23 14:39, John Harshman wrote:
    On 12/14/23 2:22 PM, erik simpson wrote:
    An old group (rec.bicycles.racing) has transitioned to Facebook,
    quite successfully.  It' a thought.  Or you can find a new
    client/server combo that works for you.  Or we can just quit.
    There's less and less interesting stuff happening as time goes on,
    and the audience is very small and strange.

    We're even smaller than the "other group" I also posted this.  The
    conversations here are much more interesting, and I'm interested in
    continuing.  Suggestions?
    I use Thunderbird with Giganews. I find it adequate.

    E-S is free.

    aioe used to work but it tended to be used by GG.
    It may no longer work anymore.

    I am not sure what other free ones there are.
    'Free trial' does not seem free to me.

    I get the idea that I will not miss those posters
    that think that usenet is a part of GG.

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