Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Johanne Fairchild Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Emigration from Usenet [was: Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ...] Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:21:12 -0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: <87v80spcnb.fsf@tudado.org> References: <20240724115828.5d9d85d9305fe8300a91db5d@g{oogle}mail.com> <8d1b685c-e9df-a91b-61a2-137d60a2497e@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:21:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="da2884e7c506c3c859ee54c6039b6afc"; logging-data="2980375"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/wtemzPFZUvED8XIntHxo9P6ZUwKt+XD4=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:8rOmhTqwSFo14kCc3ban6y1tOsg= sha1:ZUic2a+ABtZjDfcLXXhxxYn8U5k= Bytes: 2539 D writes: [...] > I never had a facebook account, so my evolution went from brief usenet > in the late 90s, to BBS:s, to web forums for many years, and lately a > come back for usenet. > > I think there is a small trickle of new people from the digital > minimalism movement. Some people think of Stack Overflow as a certain replacement or competitor for the USENET. But have you considered that perhaps they could be getting near their end? With Google Groups leaving the USENET, I wonder if the USENET will house the experts once again. Experts are people who study. People who study do need to exchange ideas. These trendy tools out there are obviously inadequate for experts. So there must be the need for experts to communicate. And when we look at the USENET today, it's doing great. And if you're someone who has come back to the USENET, we can ask---why? What happpened that brought you back? If you're not an outlier, then perhaps you're an illustration of a relevant phenomenon.