Re: Young people peering

On Thu, 16 May 2024 16:18:56 -0000 (UTC), Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Sn!pe wrote:

You appear to be advocating censorship.  Usenet is a rare bastion of
free speech.  All shades of opinion are given equal weight in the court
of its readership, including those opinions that some do not like.  This
is in the nature of debate.  Valid arguments will win debates, others
will fail.

>
Ignoring the fact that even free speech has limitations, Usenet is not
remotely an example of free speech�newsserver admins can freely downshut
anything they don't like, and many servers require a fee to use,
prohibiting the impoverished from using them.

read-only test of some free news servers (using Tor Browser 13.0.15):

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=paganini.bofh.team&btnsubmit=Go

Server: paganini.bofh.team (48696)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=freenews.netfront.net&btnsubmit=Go

Server: freenews.netfront.net (47473)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.samoylyk.net&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.samoylyk.net (45909)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.dizum.net&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.dizum.net (45728)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.alphared.net&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.alphared.net (45728)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.blueworldhosting.com&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.blueworldhosting.com (45059)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.novabbs.org&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.novabbs.org (42485)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.i2pn2.org&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.i2pn2.org (42473)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.mixmin.net&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.mixmin.net (41841)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.alt119.net&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.alt119.net (40530)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.usenet.ovh&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.usenet.ovh (15322)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=gallaxial.com&btnsubmit=Go

Server: gallaxial.com (5504)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.chmurka.net&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.chmurka.net (3752)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.grc.com&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.grc.com (39)

http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=news.eternal-september.org&btnsubmit=Go

Server: news.eternal-september.org (12) *requires login, tor disabled

there are probably dozens of other free news servers, some of which
are known to work with tor and also use ssl/port 563, albeit posting
via some of these free news servers may not work with or without tor;

see also:

List of Free Usenet Servers: https://sybershock.com/#usenet