Subj : Re: Does Usenet still have value?
To   : Mewcenary
From : tenser
Date : Thu Feb 10 2022 11:32:18

On 09 Feb 2022 at 06:47p, Mewcenary pondered and said...
 
 Me> I had a quick browse via groups.google.com and it seemed to be about
 Me> 99.9% noise to signal.

This is just one dude's opinion, but I think it depends heavily
on the newsgroup in question.  Certainly, the days where posts
in comp.lang.c might net an answer from Dennis Ritchie or a member
of the C standards committee are long gone, but there are a few
NGs that still have decent SNR.

As always, after the initial question is answered, threads tend
to continue on ad infinitum with random speculation and naval gazing.
That at least hasn't changed, even if much of it is uninteresting.

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