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Re:The Bullshit Web by Endy on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @12:53AM (#17659801)
What do you mean "used to"? Usenet still exists.
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Re:The Bullshit Web by TuringTest on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @03:54AM (#17660426)
And how good is it?
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Re:The Bullshit Web by Endy on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @04:01PM (#17666412)
Like any community, that's defined by the people in it. Some groups are excellent, some groups are mostly dead, some display varying levels of toxicity. Overall my experience hasn't been a bad one.
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Re:The Bullshit Web by TuringTest on Thursday August 02, 2018 @03:53AM (#17669895)
What kinds of groups are there?

Given the lack of popularity and commercial support, combined with the complexity to connect a client with an available server (compared with downloading an app from the store), I'd expect that they are populated mostly by old tech people or passers-by from universities; and any special interest group would have small user base coming from that demographic profile. Are my assumptions correct?

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