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| Date | 2026-05-05 16:12 +0200 |
|---|---|
| Subject | usenet's usefulness |
| From | D <J@M> |
| Message-Id | <20260505.161237.7fe47fc0@msgid.frell.theremailer.net> |
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.firefox |
| Organization | dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider |
certainly for more than three decades, unmoderated usenet newsgroups
have been the untamed wild west of internet-accessible public forums,
as anyone could post plain text articles averting content moderation,
making unmoderated usenet the only public repository on planet earth
that has not been routinely subjected to moderation, i.e. censorship
newsreader filters are typically used to improve the signal-to-noise
ratio inherent in these uncensored message boards, by manually white-
listing helpful content while automatically ignoring everything else,
most all newsreaders have filtering options, allow multiservers, etc.
(using Tor Browser 15.0.11)
>http://usenet-fr.yakakwatik.org/newsreaders.html
>Last update: 05/06/2025
> Introduction
> Newsreaders
> 40Tude Dialog (Windows)
> Betterbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
> Claws-Mail (Linux / Windows / macOS)
> Evolution (Linux)
> flnews (Linux, UNIX systems)
> Gnus (Linux / Windows / macOS)
> Gravity (Windows)
> MacCafe (macOS)
> MacSOUP (macOS = 10.14)
> MesNews (Windows)
> ModNewsreader (Android and its forks)
> Pan (Linux / macOS)
> SeaMonkey (Linux / Windows / macOS)
> slrn (Linux / Windows / macOS)
> Sylpheed (Linux / Windows / macOS)
> Thunderbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
> tin (Linux / Windows / macOS)
> Xananews (Windows)
> Xnews (Windows)
> References and useful links
[end quote]
client-side newsreader filtering is essential to usenet's usefulness,
listing helpful content while automatically ignoring everything else
web-based usenet servers certainly have their usefulness too, telnet
is also very helpful, but for those who recall using "deja news" for
newsgroup browsing, searching, posting, replying, it worked reliably
up to until about twenty-five years ago, then "google groups" worked
for a couple of years, but after 2004 (twenty-two years ago), it was
clear to everyone that gg had become unreliable, no longer useful as
a usenet archive search engine, but did apparently work famously for
flooding usenet beyond all other servers combined, reigning champion
and yet, after forty-five long years, tiny usenet just won't go away,
hence has been the forum of choice for nonconformists, free thinkers,
outsiders, specifically because unmoderated newsgroups are available,
and apart from server-side spam filters, expirations, removals, etc.,
uncensored content is posted intact . . . social media can't compete,
and some nntp newsservers carry binary groups, for those so inclined
usenet probably serves other purposes lesser known or even unheardof,
but in general terms, it's a means of communication unique to itself,
its audience many contributors but mostly lurkers, a silent majority,
so though it may seem as if no one is reading, be sure that they are
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usenet's usefulness D <J@M> - 2026-05-05 16:12 +0200
Re: usenet's usefulness "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 23:21 +0800
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Re: usenet's usefulness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 16:08 -0700
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Re: usenet's usefulness ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-05-07 22:58 +0000
Re: usenet's usefulness JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 17:31 +0700
Re: usenet's usefulness Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2026-05-06 10:24 -0700
Re: usenet's usefulness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 13:05 -0700
Re: usenet's usefulness Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 02:52 +0000
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Re: usenet's usefulness "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-06 10:59 +0200
Re: usenet's usefulness Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2026-05-06 10:35 -0700
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Re: usenet's usefulness Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 21:30 +0000
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