Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?

On 14/03/2025 20:20, Tristan Miller wrote:

Greetings.
 On 2025-03-10 16:35, Richard Heathfield wrote:

It would certainly be an interesting exercise. Does the mechanism for creating a big-8 group still work? Or does it even still exist?

 Yes, a couple new groups (comp.lang.go and comp.infosystems.gemini) have been created in the past few years, so the process is still working. Documentation on the group creation process is available at <https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Category:Group_Creation>.

Yes, the last few days have been a revelation. When (many many many years ago) alt.humor.best-of-usenet[1] rusted shut and could not be revived, I assumed that the mechanisms were lost in the mists. Because it is not owned or censored, Usenet is far too important to be allowed to die through neglect, so I am delighted to learn that my assumption was ill-founded.
[1] Yes, I know alt isn't in the Big 8.
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