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Subject: Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:34:32 EDT
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On 2025-04-10, Steve Bonine <spb@pobox.com> wrote:
> candycanearter07 wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote at 03:14 this Tuesday (GMT):
>
>>> There is a newsgroup for rust already, alt.comp.lang.rust, that is not
>>> very active at all.  The reddit  https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/  group
>>> is fairly active comparatively.
>>>
>>> Lynn
>> 
>> 
>> alt.* newsgroups aren't technically official.
>
> There is a proposal on the table to create a new newsgroup.  To my 
> knowledge the response has been underwhelming.  There is already a 
> presence for the topic in UseNet, notwithstanding how "official" it 
> might be.  There is a presence on Reddit that is "fairly active 
> comparatively".  There's a website with user forums, and a discord group.
>
>

In my point of view I think is the other way around, I think most people
said including myself good, and to move forward, having the newsgroup on
a supported big-8 list is def much better than on a alternative (alt)
list.

About reddit, you can't throw people to the lions, are you pushing people
to use evil centralized/closed platforms? may as well tell them to go 
poison themself, or leave their home doors open, car doors open, share
their SS number all around the internet, because is the same when you advice 
someone to use a platform that mines/steals your data, sells it, moderates it, paywalls it,
and treats you like shit.(reddit,youtube... all closed/centralized platforms) 
tellin people to use a bad platform is NOT the solution regarding or not
you agree to add a new newsgroup. At least forward them to the
fediverse,matrix,peertube,usenet,gopher,gemini,irc, forums, etc etc.. 

Happy Hacking 
ReK2