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active and healthy newsgroups in 02026 (was Re: different iron alloys)

From Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english, alt.crafts.blacksmithing, sci.engr.joining.welding
Subject active and healthy newsgroups in 02026 (was Re: different iron alloys)
Date 2026-09-01 10:15 -0300
Organization Primarily biological and memetic
Message-ID <87h5k93yfw.fsf_-_@debian> (permalink)
References (7 earlier) <1172f4b$fsi4$1@dont-email.me> <1173cvl$o6kk$1@dont-email.me> <2UklS.630$q2w6.93@fx15.ams1> <87pkyx4z8h.fsf_-_@debian> <1175q4j$1hn1m$2@dont-email.me>

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Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> writes:
> In the Good Old Days (tm) when there was traffic in all the
> newsgroups, you could find one that was relevant. Today almost all of
> them are dead, and therefore subjects that strictly speaking are
> offtopic, are accepted in this group. The language groups are the last
> ones to die out for some reason.

I’ve found quite a few that seem active over the past few days of
browsing, and they’re not all language groups.  But alt.usage.english is
in some sense the healthiest group I’ve found so far.  Here are some
groups roughly ranked by volume, with my casual impressions:

- alt.usage.english: 70 messages per day
- comp.os.linux.advocacy: 60 messages per day, but mostly politics
  flames and racism
- alt.buddha.short.fat.guy: 40 messages per day, but mostly politics
  flames and racism
- sci.math: 30 messages per day, but it's mostly cranks flaming each other
- rec.arts.sf.written: 20 messages per day
- sci.electronics.design: 20 messages per day
- soc.culture.jewish: 20 messages per day, but they’re all deranged spam
  from Christian fundamentalists
- comp.os.vms: 20 messages per day
- comp.lang.c: 10 messages per day
- alt.folklore.computers: 10 messages per day
- comp.lang.forth: 4 messages per day, including many excellent posters
- comp.lang.lisp: 4 messages per day, including many excellent posters
- sci.crypt: 2 messages per day
- comp.arch.fpga: 2 messages per day
- comp.lang.misc: 2 messages per day
- talk.bizarre: 0.5 messages per day
- rec.radio.amateur.moderated: 0.4 messages per day, mostly ARRL
  announcements
- alt.sys.pdp10: 0.4 messages per day
- comp.infosystems.gemini: 0.3 messages per day, surprising for a
  protocol created in 02019
- alt.lang.asm: 0.2 messages per day
- comp.compilers: 0.2 messages per day, but they’re by really top people
- comp.text.pdf: 0.2 messages per day
- rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors: 0.1 messages per day
- comp.ai: 0.05 messages per day
- alt.hackers: 0.02 messages per day

Kragen

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              different iron alloys (was Re: What is the best free software for creating & editing PDFs nowadays) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-08-31 21:00 -0300
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                Re: different iron alloys (was Re: What is the best free software for creating & editing PDFs nowadays) Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-09-01 08:08 +0200
                active and healthy newsgroups in 02026 (was Re: different iron alloys) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-09-01 10:15 -0300
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