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On 9/12/23 6:12 PM, David Brooks wrote:
> On 22/07/2022 07:34, Savageduck wrote:
>> Since my break from r.p.d. and UseNet I thought I would
>> check in to see the
>> condition of the NGs I usually subscribe to. Everything I
>> see validates my
>> decision to no longer participate in the shit show that
>> UseNet has become.
The usenet news groups are slowly fading away.
I sense that most of those who still read and post to them
are getting old, and will soon be gone as well.
Even the binary groups (such as
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.yourfavoritegenre) aren`t seeing
much in the way of traffic any more. Some go for weeks,
months, without a post.
A sign of the changing times.
Usenet will live on, but in a declining and perhaps
(finally) a "state of suspension".
Until the servers are simply switched off...
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