Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet?

From	Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Newsgroups	alt.fan.usenet, alt.culture.usenet, news.groups
Subject	Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet?
Date	2025-02-26 21:03 -0300
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<87o6yomeyw.fsf@example.com> (permalink)
References	<vpkfok$f4j$1@reader1.panix.com> <86a88284-2515-99de-c05a-5a5860b4b062@example.net>

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D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, Paul W. Schleck wrote:
>
>> "Usenet, having been around for several decades now has gotten to the
>> point where you can't just host your own server. While I get the reason
>> behind that, why is not a good idea, to perhaps split away from the
>> current dataset and start a new feed of Usenet servers without the older
>> data and without binaries? The current Usenet would still be present,
>> but it would allow for people not only to go back to self-hosting
>> Usenet, but would also get rid of some of the 'junk' that people don't
>> want. And removing binaries from the new one, doesn't stop people from
>> using the old Usenet to continue doing so.
>>
>> Why would this be a bad idea?" - quilnux
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1it5bf5/why_cant_we_just_reset_usenet/
>
> Isn't it already possible? You can just setup usenet yourself, with
> your own set of conventions, and start to find peers. I don't think
> that should be so difficult.

I'd say it would be difficult because most sysadmins would not see the
point in leaving current USENET to something new, which would be roughly
equivalent.

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Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2025-02-25 13:15 +0000
  Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-02-25 12:07 -0600
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2025-02-26 05:44 +0000
  Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-25 22:15 +0100
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 21:03 -0300
  Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-02-25 21:40 +0000
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> - 2025-02-25 21:48 +0000
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> - 2025-02-25 14:47 -0700
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2025-02-26 05:54 +0000
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-02-27 20:40 +0000
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Steve Bonine <spb@pobox.com> - 2025-02-28 18:46 -0600
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-28 20:47 -0500
          Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-03-01 02:07 +0000
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-03-01 02:23 +0000
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-01 23:19 -0300
          Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-03-03 18:39 -0600
            Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 22:08 -0300
              Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> - 2025-03-08 01:34 +0000
                Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-03-07 21:52 -0600
              Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-03-07 21:52 -0600
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            Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-03-04 03:52 +0000
            Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-03-04 13:55 -0600
  Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-02-26 20:14 -0600
    Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 14:26 +0100
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 13:48 -0300
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 13:55 -0300
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-27 18:37 +0000
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-01 11:33 +0100
      Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-02-27 19:12 -0600
        Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-28 11:02 +0000

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