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Re: Which groups are active?

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On 6/17/2023 10:06 PM, Rayner Lucas wrote:
> Usenet has thousands of groups, many of which have fallen into disuse
> over the years, so I thought it might help folks out to have a thread of
> active groups so that newbies can find a place with some good up-to-date
> discussions going on.
> 
> A few to start off with:
> 
> rec.food.cooking (Busy!)
> rec.arts.sf.written
> 
> For programmers and electronics geeks:
> comp.lang.python
> comp.lang.perl.misc
> comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too)
> sci.electronics.design
> sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there)
> sci.electronics.repair
> 
> And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)
> 
> Anyone got any other favourites?
> 
> Also, any nominations for groups that could do with a little extra
> attention? Any Elite Dangerous players (and/or nostalgic 80s computer
> users) want to resurrect alt.fan.elite?
> 
> Rayner

for roleplaying games the rec.games.frp.* hierarchy is still more or 
less active, especially rec.games.frp.dnd, rec.games.frp.misc, and 
rec.games.frp.cyber

well, I say active, but I know you get a response when you post something :D

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