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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:30:27 -0500
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:18:33 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote: 

>On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:50:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>
>>Mike S <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote at 11:46 this Sunday (GMT):
>>> On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:39:33 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>>>
>>>>I didn't do newsgroups until I got to college. My friend told me to use 
>>>>Tin. I am still using it and many other text mode programs today. :P
>>>
>>> I started using Usenet when I was in High School. I had a tech savvy
>>> friend who introduced me to it.
>>
>>
>>Hey same, but I just stumbled into it.
>
>Which just brings up the question:
>
>How does one _stumble upon_ Usenet in 2024? Especially the text
>newsgroups. It's such a tiny, outdated community, and the learning
>curve -compared to other networks- is much higher; you have to find
>(and sign up for) an NNTP host, get the software, configure the
>software... It's just far more effort than most people would ever
>bother to perform for what is, essentially, the same experience you'd
>get from Reddit or any web-forum.
>
>What makes somebody one day say, "Hey, I've heard about this Usenet
>thing, I think I'll look into it?" when there are so many easier -and
>arguably more rewarding- options?
>
Binaries?

-- 
Zag

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