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From: David Brooks <david@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: UseNet Health Check
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:29:33 +0100
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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?