1 Feb
2022
1 Feb
'22
8:51 a.m.
On 1/31/22 7:23 PM, Larry McVoy wrote:
So I used to be very active on Usenet, comp.arch and
comp.unix.wizards
were my jam. soc.singles, yeah, hung out there and I was not well
loved for my views.
I'll check out the comp.* groups and let you know what I see.
I don't think I've been on usenet since the
1990's because it just
turned into a cesspool of crap. Sort of Facebook but text.
It seems to be a lot better as the number of people went down, there
were fewer people for the trolls to feed on.
Are you saying there is still some decent value in
Usenet or are you
hanging on just because?
Yes, I have some good conversations in multiple newsgroups on the weekly
basis and probably many on the monthly basis.
My Thunderbird newsrc file has 427 lines of subscribed groups. I see
worth while articles in 20-200 of them a day.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die