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R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-hardly-knew-ye dept.

CorinneI writes "In a way inconceivable in today's marketplace, Usenet was where people once went to talk — in days before the profit-centric Internet we have today. The series of bulletin boards called 'newsgroups' shared by thousands of computers, which traded new messages several times a day, is now a thing of the past."

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  1. USENET NEVER Really Worked by smueller · · Score: 0, Troll

    USENET was always a very poor system. It's amazing anybody ever used it. You only receive some of the posts and you never know if your posts are really posted and who sees them. It was always a TREMENDOUSLY flawed system that has no place in even YESTERDAY's internet world. Let alone today's. When has the last time anybody used USENET for anything remotely serious or even interesting?

  2. Re:Usenet is dead... by Turbosatan · · Score: 0, Troll

    anyone see that flying pig your full of shit.

  3. Re:Hmm...Giganews and other services are still the by Richard+Steiner · · Score: 0, Troll

    Google Groups doesn't support score files, is slow as heck, depends on a net connection for interactive use, etc.

    My SOUP packet reader (Yarn) has none of those limitations.

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