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From: David Brooks <David@nomail.afraid.org>
Newsgroups: rec.photo.digital
Subject: Re: UseNet Health Check
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:54:16 +0000
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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!