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Re: we need usenet awesome list

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David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com> writes:

> caretaker <care@taker.com> wrote in news:7d6ac2a33ebce469f0f435@radio-
> eriwan.ru:
>
>> If an average normie hears "Usenet" and types it into google/ddg/bing,
>> they mostly get AI-generated sludge or "how to download movie from
>> binary groups" takes.
>> great PR for a network that's way more than that...
>> 
>> What we don't have is a decent, up-to-date place for the basics:
>> - how to configure a news/mail client in 2026 (not a guide from 2009),
>> - how remailers actually work in practice,
>> - how to post anonymously without relying on vague "trust me bro"
>> lore,
>> - servers: what the most popular ones are, which are read-only,
>> which require an account, and which let you post without one
>> 
>> and: which groups still have signal and culture, and which ones are
>> pure spam pits.
>> 
>> We need an "awesome usenet" list: curated links + short notes, not a
>> link dump. Like: setup guides, privacy/anon posting
>> (remailers/PGP/header hygiene), tools/projects, and a human-written
>> group directory (what's good, what to avoid, why).
>> 
>> Also there are cool usenet-related projects out there, but they barely
>> escape the Usenet bubble. Nobody boosts them on the Fediverse etc, so
>> they stay invisible. A solid list would help discovery a lot.
>
> All that stuff from the past still works and is accurate.
>
> People now days aren't looking for rules to live by or experienced users to 
> guide them.  Many of us are still here, including those that created 
> tcp/ip, email, usenet, and so much more.
>
> The most popular rule, back in the day, was join a group and then listen 
> before you talk.  Read as much as you can, perhaps your question has 
> already been answered.  History can teach us.  AI is usually just an 
> alleged expert that doesn't know you and thus the first interaction might 
> not be what you were looking for.  I personally ignore AIs and find talking 
> with people enjoyable.  Often I just read and don't respond.
>
> This thread seems to be people seeking knowledge that aleady is out there.  
> Most of us read and as time permits respond to those who ask questions.  I 
> find that the best way to help them.
>
> Enjoy your journey!

Thank you for that, and specifically thank you for pointing toward the
only polite way that's ever existed for joining or interacting with
abstract and distributed social groups: paying attention to see if you
even *want* to be involved, /before/ getting involved.

Folks should read without responding most of the time. LLMs are neat for
pretty specific reasons, not but so useful for other specific reasons,
plenty of room for debate over what it means to recycle humanity, code
or poetry.

-- 
>gnus-inger-Z looms overhead

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we need usenet awesome list caretaker <care@taker.com> - 2026-01-02 10:29 +0300
  Re: we need usenet awesome list MasterKarsten <soulkarsten@gmail.com> - 2026-01-02 09:50 +0000
    Re: we need usenet awesome list rudis <user8921@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-02 23:53 +0000
      Re: we need usenet awesome list hngh <hnnnnnghhh@atomicmail.io> - 2026-01-21 11:01 -0500
  Re: we need usenet awesome list Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-01-02 12:41 +0100
    Re: we need usenet awesome list Gottfried Neuner <kyonshi@wilderland.ovh> - 2026-01-02 14:08 +0100
  Re: we need usenet awesome list David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com> - 2026-01-03 04:47 +0000
    Re: we need usenet awesome list hngh <hnnnnnghhh@atomicmail.io> - 2026-01-21 11:44 -0500
  Re: we need usenet awesome list kouya <kouyaheika@canithesis.org> - 2026-01-03 06:54 -0600
  Re: we need usenet awesome list Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> - 2026-01-04 03:29 +0000
    Re: we need usenet awesome list rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-04 04:50 +0000
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