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  Welcome Slashdot refugees! Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-06 22:38 -0800
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! xyzzy <stalkers-suck@grr.la> - 2014-02-07 00:16 -0800
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! "I'm Batman, Dammit" <batman@thecave.invalid> - 2014-02-07 09:44 +0000
      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-09 03:39 +0000
        Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-08 22:46 -0500
          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-09 23:14 +0000
            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-10 01:55 +0000
              Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-09 21:12 -0500
                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-09 18:28 -0800
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-09 23:35 -0500
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-10 12:39 +0000
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-11 04:05 +0000
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 09:25 -0500
                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 00:11 -0500
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-26 22:20 +0000
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-02 23:40 -0500
              Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 17:14 +0000
                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-03-05 10:05 +0000
            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 00:03 -0500
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! John Brownalt <deconfliction@filteredperception.org> - 2014-02-07 10:47 +0000
      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! CoolHand <coolhnd28@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 21:40 -0500
        Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! JJ <jjdane@nospamgmail.com> - 2014-02-08 08:51 +0100
      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Austin Wolfe <aewolfe@sdf.lonestar.org> - 2014-03-05 01:58 +0000
        Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-05 09:37 +0000
          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2014-03-05 14:25 +0100
            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-03-05 07:02 -0800
              Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-06 10:55 +0000
                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-06 12:09 +0000
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-06 14:13 +0100
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-06 16:56 +0000
                      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-06 17:05 +0000
                        Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-16 14:39 +0100
                          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-16 17:25 +0000
                            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-19 22:47 +0100
                          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2014-03-17 08:20 +0000
                            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-19 22:55 +0100
                      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-06 21:18 +0100
                        Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-06 23:00 +0000
                          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-07 00:53 +0100
                            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-07 04:58 +0000
                            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-07 10:11 +0000
                              Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-07 21:04 +0100
                            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-07 10:52 +0000
                              Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-07 13:02 +0200
                                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-07 12:26 +0000
                                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-07 15:15 +0000
                                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-07 20:55 +0000
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-06 14:03 +0000
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-06 17:55 +0000
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-06 13:43 +0000
                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-03-06 10:48 -0800
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-06 19:45 +0000
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 13:15 -0800
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-03-10 20:25 +0000
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-03-10 14:07 -0700
                      Usenet Archive (was. Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees!) Christian <chris_news@arcor.de> - 2014-03-22 09:40 +0100
                        Re: Usenet Archive (was. Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees!) "voyager529" <voyager529@live.com> - 2015-03-27 10:14 -0400
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-10 21:55 +0000
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-10 22:25 +0000
                      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-03-11 06:14 +0000
                        Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-11 07:55 +0000
                          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-03-11 08:38 +0000
                            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-12 08:08 +0000
                          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-11 10:31 +0000
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-10 22:26 +0000
                      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2014-03-11 10:42 +0100
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-03-10 22:05 -0700
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Chris Elvidge <chris@raspberrypi.mshome.net> - 2014-03-11 10:48 +0000
          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 09:48 -0500
            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-05 15:22 +0000
            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! nobody@nowhere.invalid (natp) - 2014-03-06 02:42 +0000
              Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-06 06:08 -0600
                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-06 14:10 +0200
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-06 13:26 +0000
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-03-06 16:56 +0200
                    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-06 18:25 +0200
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-07 11:55 -0500
      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-07 19:30 +0000
        Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-09 03:35 +0000
          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-10 12:37 +0000
          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-25 23:50 -0500
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 14:23 -0800
      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-08 00:15 +0000
        Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 16:41 -0800
          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-08 10:09 -0500
            Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-08 15:44 +0000
              Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Brian Burns <spamcan@tannasg.tk> - 2014-02-08 17:18 +0000
                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2014-02-08 18:34 +0000
                  Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-08 19:52 +0000
                Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 10:25 -0500
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 03:20 +0000
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 09:36 -0800
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! junkmailid1@gmail.com - 2014-02-09 13:27 -0800
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-02-10 00:31 +0000
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! AnonymousCoward <florian.doyon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 04:50 -0800
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! gm_stack <gm@stackunderflow.com> - 2014-02-10 05:04 -0800
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! arcfide@sacrideo.us (Aaron W. Hsu) - 2014-02-23 03:02 -0500
      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-23 09:34 +0000
        Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-02-23 07:31 -0800
          Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-23 17:36 +0000
      Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-23 12:23 +0200
    Re: Welcome Slashdot refugees! scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-02-26 17:30 +0000

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#71 — Welcome Slashdot refugees!

Hello all Slashdot refugees.  Let me be the first to inagurate a new 
era of Dice-free Slashdotters reveling in the freedom of Usenet, the 
grand-daddy of Internet discussion forums.

Plus this thing supports Unicode!  すごい！

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#72

Oregonian Haruspex wrote:

> Hello all Slashdot refugees.  Let me be the first to inagurate a new
> era of Dice-free Slashdotters reveling in the freedom of Usenet, the
> grand-daddy of Internet discussion forums.
> 
> Plus this thing supports Unicode!  すごい！

*waves flag* 

Also, Usenet clients can actually be set to filter out the ever-present 
GNAA/troll meme of the day junk, and the only way to technically get "first 
post" is to actually start a new conversation.

Hmm.  Speaking of conversation, I think I'll copy/post some of the recent 
articles from the site, so people have something more to start with than 
really old spam.

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#74

On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 22:38:55 -0800
Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello all Slashdot refugees.  Let me be the first to inagurate a new 
> era of Dice-free Slashdotters reveling in the freedom of Usenet, the 
> grand-daddy of Internet discussion forums.
> 
> Plus this thing supports Unicode!  すごい！
> 

Awesome, that's why I'm here.  Saw the note posted in the stupid "Slashdot tries something new, audience responds" article by user "xfzzfmage."

The more I experience Web 3.0, the more I miss Usenet.  Fortunately, Usenet is still around, and also proudly serving up the newsgroups I manage: dictator.* hierarchy.

Let's resurrect this newsgroup and make it worth reading.  I'm getting sick of browser exploits, javascript, flash, cookies, and the like.  I want to go back to the world where we bitched about top-posting, hard wrapped 80 column text, and getting your email address harvested.  In some ways, it was better.


-- 
RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com>

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#143

On 2014-02-07, I'm Batman, Dammit <batman@thecave.invalid> wrote:
> The more I experience Web 3.0, the more I miss Usenet.  Fortunately,
> Usenet is still around, and also proudly serving up the newsgroups I
> manage: dictator.* hierarchy.

Actually, what groups are still worth reading?  I see that rec.cooking
is still lively.  After that, I'm not sure.

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#144

On 2/8/2014 10:39 PM, Lance Orner wrote:
> On 2014-02-07, I'm Batman, Dammit <batman@thecave.invalid> wrote:
>> The more I experience Web 3.0, the more I miss Usenet.  Fortunately,
>> Usenet is still around, and also proudly serving up the newsgroups I
>> manage: dictator.* hierarchy.
>
> Actually, what groups are still worth reading?  I see that rec.cooking
> is still lively.  After that, I'm not sure.
>

sci.electronics.repair possibly the most awesomely useful/helpful group 
ever. If you're into that sort of thing.

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#169

> 
> sci.electronics.repair possibly the most awesomely useful/helpful group
> ever. If you're into that sort of thing.

cakewalk.audio is still a refuge for a small cadre of audiophiles, 
comp.mail.mutt and comp.text.tex are still useful (the latter, in 
particular), and there are small, loyal groups still hanging out in 
alt.callahans and alt.fratellibros (both non-technical).  Same goes for 
comp.sys.mac.vintage (where vintage now means early 2000 G3 imacs) and 
comp.os.vms.

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#174

On 2014-02-09, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>
>> 
>> sci.electronics.repair possibly the most awesomely useful/helpful group
>> ever. If you're into that sort of thing.
>
> cakewalk.audio is still a refuge for a small cadre of audiophiles, 
> comp.mail.mutt and comp.text.tex are still useful (the latter, in 
> particular), and there are small, loyal groups still hanging out in 
> alt.callahans and alt.fratellibros (both non-technical).  Same goes for 
> comp.sys.mac.vintage (where vintage now means early 2000 G3 imacs) and 
> comp.os.vms.

I forgot about comp.mail.mutt (still my go-to mail program, even with
Gmail, especially if I have a lot of pruning to do).  Wasn't there a
Vim group at one time?

I spent the afternoon poking around to see what's still active:

* comp.misc - Growing
* rec.food.cooking - Still around
* rec.games.pinball - Still very active
* comp.os.linux.misc - Still active
* comp.os.linux.advocacy - Wow, what a cesspool
* comp.lang.c++ - Very active
* comp.lang.python - Very active
* comp.text.tex - Just because
* comp.mobile.android - New site, looks active
* news.software.readers - Still trying to figure out what is still used
* chico.general - Dead, but the place I hung out 20+ years ago

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#175

On 2/9/2014 8:55 PM, Lance Orner wrote:
> On 2014-02-09, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> sci.electronics.repair possibly the most awesomely useful/helpful group
>>> ever. If you're into that sort of thing.
>>
>> cakewalk.audio is still a refuge for a small cadre of audiophiles,
>> comp.mail.mutt and comp.text.tex are still useful (the latter, in
>> particular), and there are small, loyal groups still hanging out in
>> alt.callahans and alt.fratellibros (both non-technical).  Same goes for
>> comp.sys.mac.vintage (where vintage now means early 2000 G3 imacs) and
>> comp.os.vms.
>
> I forgot about comp.mail.mutt (still my go-to mail program, even with
> Gmail, especially if I have a lot of pruning to do).  Wasn't there a
> Vim group at one time?
>
> I spent the afternoon poking around to see what's still active:
>
> * comp.misc - Growing
> * rec.food.cooking - Still around
> * rec.games.pinball - Still very active
> * comp.os.linux.misc - Still active
> * comp.os.linux.advocacy - Wow, what a cesspool
> * comp.lang.c++ - Very active
> * comp.lang.python - Very active
> * comp.text.tex - Just because
> * comp.mobile.android - New site, looks active
> * news.software.readers - Still trying to figure out what is still used
> * chico.general - Dead, but the place I hung out 20+ years ago
>

And all the rec.radio.amateur.* groups of course. A wonderful bunch.

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#176

On 2014-02-10 02:12:26 +0000, 2phar said:

> On 2/9/2014 8:55 PM, Lance Orner wrote:
>> On 2014-02-09, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> sci.electronics.repair possibly the most awesomely useful/helpful group
>>>> ever. If you're into that sort of thing.
>>> 
>>> cakewalk.audio is still a refuge for a small cadre of audiophiles,
>>> comp.mail.mutt and comp.text.tex are still useful (the latter, in
>>> particular), and there are small, loyal groups still hanging out in
>>> alt.callahans and alt.fratellibros (both non-technical).  Same goes for
>>> comp.sys.mac.vintage (where vintage now means early 2000 G3 imacs) and
>>> comp.os.vms.
>> 
>> I forgot about comp.mail.mutt (still my go-to mail program, even with
>> Gmail, especially if I have a lot of pruning to do).  Wasn't there a
>> Vim group at one time?
>> 
>> I spent the afternoon poking around to see what's still active:
>> 
>> * comp.misc - Growing
>> * rec.food.cooking - Still around
>> * rec.games.pinball - Still very active
>> * comp.os.linux.misc - Still active
>> * comp.os.linux.advocacy - Wow, what a cesspool
>> * comp.lang.c++ - Very active
>> * comp.lang.python - Very active
>> * comp.text.tex - Just because
>> * comp.mobile.android - New site, looks active
>> * news.software.readers - Still trying to figure out what is still used
>> * chico.general - Dead, but the place I hung out 20+ years ago
>> 
> 
> And all the rec.radio.amateur.* groups of course. A wonderful bunch.

rec.radio.amateur.* is great if you're a ham, comp.sys.mac.* is still 
usable for Mac-heads (like me) especially c.s.m.system, and 
alt.folklore.computers is very active with some really amazing posts 
and posters.

I also like looking in at soc.history.*, soc.genealogy.*, and alt.survival.

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#177

On 2/9/2014 9:28 PM, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:

> alt.folklore.computers is very active with some really amazing posts and
> posters.

Wow.. just been checking out alt.folklore.computers

Wonderful group.. better than Slashdot imho!

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#187

On Sun, 9 Feb 2014 18:28:26 -0800
Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Wasn't there a Vim group at one time?

comp.editors.  Another pretty decent group with serious posts about many editors, not just Vim.

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#234

On 2014-02-10, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Feb 2014 18:28:26 -0800
> Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Wasn't there a Vim group at one time?
>
> comp.editors.  Another pretty decent group with serious posts about
> many editors, not just Vim.

That's it!  Perfect.

  --Lance

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#195

On Sun, 9 Feb 2014 18:28:26 -0800, Oregonian Haruspex
<bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On 2014-02-10 02:12:26 +0000, 2phar said:
>
>> On 2/9/2014 8:55 PM, Lance Orner wrote:
>>> On 2014-02-09, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> sci.electronics.repair possibly the most awesomely useful/helpful group
>>>>> ever. If you're into that sort of thing.
>>>> 
>>>> cakewalk.audio is still a refuge for a small cadre of audiophiles,
>>>> comp.mail.mutt and comp.text.tex are still useful (the latter, in
>>>> particular), and there are small, loyal groups still hanging out in
>>>> alt.callahans and alt.fratellibros (both non-technical).  Same goes for
>>>> comp.sys.mac.vintage (where vintage now means early 2000 G3 imacs) and
>>>> comp.os.vms.
>>> 
>>> I forgot about comp.mail.mutt (still my go-to mail program, even with
>>> Gmail, especially if I have a lot of pruning to do).  Wasn't there a
>>> Vim group at one time?
>>> 
>>> I spent the afternoon poking around to see what's still active:
>>> 
>>> * comp.misc - Growing
>>> * rec.food.cooking - Still around
>>> * rec.games.pinball - Still very active
>>> * comp.os.linux.misc - Still active
>>> * comp.os.linux.advocacy - Wow, what a cesspool
>>> * comp.lang.c++ - Very active
>>> * comp.lang.python - Very active
>>> * comp.text.tex - Just because
>>> * comp.mobile.android - New site, looks active
>>> * news.software.readers - Still trying to figure out what is still used
>>> * chico.general - Dead, but the place I hung out 20+ years ago
>>> 
>> 
>> And all the rec.radio.amateur.* groups of course. A wonderful bunch.

>rec.radio.amateur.* is great if you're a ham, comp.sys.mac.* is still 
>usable for Mac-heads (like me) especially c.s.m.system, and 
>alt.folklore.computers is very active with some really amazing posts 
>and posters.
>
>I also like looking in at soc.history.*, soc.genealogy.*, and alt.survival.

And for less serious pursuits:

- comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (and others in that hierarchy, although
*.action is the most active) of the bunch

- rec.games.frp.dnd if you want to talk to some grognards debating the
point value of various builds across multiple editions of the classic
RPG ;-)

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#947

On Sun, 9 Feb 2014, 2phar wrote:

> On 2/9/2014 8:55 PM, Lance Orner wrote:
>> On 2014-02-09, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> sci.electronics.repair possibly the most awesomely useful/helpful group
>>>> ever. If you're into that sort of thing.
>>> 
>>> cakewalk.audio is still a refuge for a small cadre of audiophiles,
>>> comp.mail.mutt and comp.text.tex are still useful (the latter, in
>>> particular), and there are small, loyal groups still hanging out in
>>> alt.callahans and alt.fratellibros (both non-technical).  Same goes for
>>> comp.sys.mac.vintage (where vintage now means early 2000 G3 imacs) and
>>> comp.os.vms.
>> 
>> I forgot about comp.mail.mutt (still my go-to mail program, even with
>> Gmail, especially if I have a lot of pruning to do).  Wasn't there a
>> Vim group at one time?
>> 
>> I spent the afternoon poking around to see what's still active:
>> 
>> * comp.misc - Growing
>> * rec.food.cooking - Still around
>> * rec.games.pinball - Still very active
>> * comp.os.linux.misc - Still active
>> * comp.os.linux.advocacy - Wow, what a cesspool
>> * comp.lang.c++ - Very active
>> * comp.lang.python - Very active
>> * comp.text.tex - Just because
>> * comp.mobile.android - New site, looks active
>> * news.software.readers - Still trying to figure out what is still used
>> * chico.general - Dead, but the place I hung out 20+ years ago
>> 
>
> And all the rec.radio.amateur.* groups of course. A wonderful bunch.
>
No, those too are mostly dead.

Just because a newsgroup exists doesn't mean there is much traffic. 
Indeed, the Board has been slowly consolidating the newsgroups, checking 
for those with no traffic in a long time and basically saying "is there 
any reason this newsgroup shouldn't be deleted?" and then deleting.  It 
takes time to go through them all.

The rec.radio.* hierarchy is relatively dormant, at least the ones I read. 
I havent' checked .antennas of the digital ones in some time. 
rec.radio.shortwave is still doing sort of okay, but it's not what it used 
to be, and still way too much of the traffic is off topic junk. 
rec.radio.broadcasting is just posts from a bot, instead of providing a 
lure, it's driven out the few posts from real people that were there.

This is the problem  At one point, a group decided they needed a moderated 
amateur radio newsgroup.  It was created, yet once that moderated 
newsgroup came into existence, after the initial surge, it's mostly dead. 
The group behind the moderated newsgroup decided to "take over" the 
hieraarchy, so they are posting bulletins to the moderated newsgroup, 
rec.radio.info (where that sort of thing belonged) to .policy and .misc. 
None of that is discussion, it's just content taken from webpages or 
emailings from various groups.  There's no reason for those posts to go to 
four newsgroups, but it happens.  So .misc and .policy look active, but 
aren't.  Rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors has a few posts a month, depending 
on if someone actually posts.  rec.radio.amateur.equipment still gets too 
many forsale ads, when it as for the discussion of equipment, not for 
buying and selling.  rec.radio.amateur.homebrew is pretty dead, though 
right at the moment helped along by someone cross-posting to 
uk.radio.amateur so we replies that have nothing to do with building.

DOn't look at a newsgroup and declare it alive or dead, if it matters to 
you be a participant.

   Michael

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#1016

On 2014-02-26, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:

> rec.radio.amateur.homebrew is pretty dead, though 
> right at the moment helped along by someone cross-posting to 
> uk.radio.amateur

"Helped"? uk.radio.amateur is a cesspit.

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#1176

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, Huge wrote:

> On 2014-02-26, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
>
>> rec.radio.amateur.homebrew is pretty dead, though
>> right at the moment helped along by someone cross-posting to
>> uk.radio.amateur
>
> "Helped"? uk.radio.amateur is a cesspit.
>
Yes, but every so often we get the same guy cross-posting from 
uk.radio.amateur to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew and since that happened 
this month, there's more traffic in the latter newsgroup right now as the 
arguments boil over.  Topically, the initial post fits 
rec.radio.amateur.homebrew but then it slides into an argument that is 
otherwise offstage, since I don't read the UK newsgroup.

   Michael

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#625

In message <kkWJu.6383$9g1.1227@en-nntp-13.dc1.easynews.com> 
  Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> wrote:
> On 2014-02-09, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 
>>> sci.electronics.repair possibly the most awesomely useful/helpful group
>>> ever. If you're into that sort of thing.
>>
>> cakewalk.audio is still a refuge for a small cadre of audiophiles, 
>> comp.mail.mutt and comp.text.tex are still useful (the latter, in 
>> particular), and there are small, loyal groups still hanging out in 
>> alt.callahans and alt.fratellibros (both non-technical).  Same goes for 
>> comp.sys.mac.vintage (where vintage now means early 2000 G3 imacs) and 
>> comp.os.vms.

> I forgot about comp.mail.mutt (still my go-to mail program, even with
> Gmail, especially if I have a lot of pruning to do).  Wasn't there a
> Vim group at one time?

I don't recall one. Just comp.editors where even emacs (spit) users can
post.

> * comp.os.linux.advocacy - Wow, what a cesspool

So, not any different than any time in the last 15 years...

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#1257

On 2014-02-20 17:14, Lewis wrote:
> In message <kkWJu.6383$9g1.1227@en-nntp-13.dc1.easynews.com> 
>   Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> wrote:
>> I forgot about comp.mail.mutt (still my go-to mail program, even with
>> Gmail, especially if I have a lot of pruning to do).  Wasn't there a
>> Vim group at one time?
> 
> I don't recall one. Just comp.editors where even emacs (spit) users can
> post.

gnu.emacs.help is one of the nicest, coolest, most useful of groups. :-)

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#946

On Sun, 9 Feb 2014, RS Wood wrote:

>
>>
>> sci.electronics.repair possibly the most awesomely useful/helpful group
>> ever. If you're into that sort of thing.
>
> cakewalk.audio is still a refuge for a small cadre of audiophiles,
> comp.mail.mutt and comp.text.tex are still useful (the latter, in
> particular), and there are small, loyal groups still hanging out in
> alt.callahans and alt.fratellibros (both non-technical).  Same goes for
> comp.sys.mac.vintage (where vintage now means early 2000 G3 imacs) and
> comp.os.vms.
>
comp.sys.mac.vintage is hardly lively.  It was only created last year, and 
after an initial rush, traffic mostly died off.  I stopped checking, but 
did check just the other day, and some of the traffic is back, though I'm 
not sure it's all that important.

   Michael

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#77

On 2014-02-07, Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello all Slashdot refugees.  Let me be the first to inagurate a new 
> era of Dice-free Slashdotters reveling in the freedom of Usenet, the 
> grand-daddy of Internet discussion forums.
>
> Plus this thing supports Unicode!  すごい！
>

OMG Poniez!!!  I think it must have been a decade since I've
"followed up" on a usenet post.

Rock On Refugees!!!

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