Re: UseNet Health Check

On 16/07/2024 16:30, candycanearter07 wrote:

David Brooks <david@nomail.afraid.org> wrote at 12:29 this Monday (GMT):

On 13/09/2023 21:45, Fishrrman wrote:

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...

>
Who is currently paying to keep Usenet running?
>
I've often wondered about that!
>
Do YOU know?

  Multiple server owners?

I don't think that is the correct answer .... but thanks anyway!