Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dan Purgert Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 11:29:41 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <1qgasjh.q42hm04jvgp2N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <20230830184746.0f7463226faaa289c37b4a4e@amongus.com> <20230831222655.3051bef263af8dda68ae847f@gmail.moc> <1qgclj6.1vhh3el11lyipwN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <1qgcryn.1yq26p51w0ht2fN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 11:29:41 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="15e50d986a55829160da4eb578a2b7da"; logging-data="3955325"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Q5Vg7/aAbJNpz15T1qx+v+P6bSJqBiBk=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:D2/ph3YOUNYSevNGgCPpsjy/GGw= Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:23374 On 2023-08-31, Sn!pe wrote: > The Real Bev wrote: > [...] >> > Great damage was done done to Usenet resources when Google borged >> > DejaNews and ruined that very valuable, 99% complete, and easily >> > searched Usenet archive. >> >> I really had hope when google took it over that it would eventually be >> searchable back to Day 1. Big disappointment. I finally found my first >> post in 1994, but it wasn't easy and I'm not sure I could do it again. > > Yes, exactly the same for me. Actually, I'm quite glad about that; > my debut posts were utterly, toe-curlingly, naïve and embarrassing. And your current posts aren't? ;) -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860