Re: OT: usenet reader software

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Subject	Re: OT: usenet reader software
From	Martin S <shieldfire@gmail.com>
Date	2014-07-22 18:09 +0200
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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Aye I found a couple of groups that are still active. Most of it seems to be a digital ghost town though. A bit sad, I was once actively involved in setting up the se. * hierarchy. 

/martin s

On 22 Jul 2014, Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> wrote:
>Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> writes:
>
>> Martin S <shieldfire@gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Is there a point to still use Usenet? Last time I checked noise
>>> overwhelmed signal by a factor of something close to 542.
>>
>> Well, here you are at <URL: news:comp.lang.python>, in the middle of
>all
>> that noise.
>
>Besides, there's been a slight resurgence in comp.misc at least,
>apparently some people got angry about something at slashdot and wanted
>a more free forum, hence a bunch of posts there and some other groups
>recently.
>
>Other than that, I think most of the angry people and spammers have
>left
>Usenet alone. All the better for those of us who stick with it but I
>have to say the average age of people posting to comp.arch at least is
>probably over 60... The only younger people around seem to be the kids
>asking for people to do their homework.

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Re: OT: usenet reader software Martin S <shieldfire@gmail.com> - 2014-07-19 07:28 +0200
  Re: OT: usenet reader software Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-19 09:10 +0300
    Re: OT: usenet reader software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-19 16:20 +1000
      Re: OT: usenet reader software Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-19 09:51 +0300
        Re: OT: usenet reader software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-19 17:02 +1000
          Re: OT: usenet reader software Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-19 10:32 +0300
            Re: OT: usenet reader software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-19 17:40 +1000
              Re: OT: usenet reader software Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-19 10:54 +0300
    Re: OT: usenet reader software Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-07-22 18:22 +0300
      Re: OT: usenet reader software Martin S <shieldfire@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 18:09 +0200

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