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RootBadger: a small Usenet-inspired discussion site

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This may interest people who like small Internet services and old-style topic
spaces.

RootBadger is a newer web discussion site at:

https://www.rootbadger.com

The useful part, to me, is that it is organized around groups instead of one big
feed. The names are Usenet-inspired but kept under rb.* so nobody has to pretend
it is the global Usenet tree. There are areas like rb.comp, rb.rec, rb.sci,
rb.soc, rb.talk and rb.alt, with more specific groups under them.

A few examples: Linux, programming, computer security, privacy, radio, books,
science fiction, news, politics, cryptids, and a RootBadger operations group for
site feedback. It also has regional and language spaces.

There is a posting guide called BurrowCraft, which is basically a reminder to do
the things that made older discussion systems usable: clear subjects, right
group, readable paragraphs, useful quoting, and replies that add something.

Not saying it replaces Usenet. It is just a web forum trying to borrow the sane
parts: hierarchy, threads, and topical rooms instead of an endless feed.

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RootBadger: a small Usenet-inspired discussion site Mara Vale <mara.vale@example.invalid> - 2026-06-21 12:50 +0000

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