Subj : Re: Does Usenet still have value? To : Mewcenary From : Nigel Reed Date : Fri Feb 11 2022 11:47:08 On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 18:47:43 +0000 "Mewcenary" wrote: > Hey all, > > See subject for the key question. > > I know it's popular for, ahem, 'files' but is it still utilised for > conversational topics? Thanks to the likes of cleanfeed which is run by most, if not all usenet servers, a lot of the spam is filtered out. I have 3 peers and get very little on those groups I monitor. There's plenty of conversion that goes on. The Acorn groups, I replied to a British genealogy post this morning. There are posts in the local dfw.* groups still so yes, if you can cut through the dross, there is conversation to be had. I don't carry the binary newsgroups because I can get my pr0n and warez through bittorrent ;) -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 .