Haha you have to help me here. Could you please help me understand what gopher is and NNTP? I do not know whether I should feel dumb, too young or too old for not knowing :)
Too young, those are pre-WWW things.
NNTP are public mailing lists (proto discussion forums, though right now the proto is mostly used for fully automated luxury piracy) Gopher was supposed to be alternative to HTTP/HTML.
gopher://gopherddit.com
Also, my NNTP list:
alt.ascii-art
alt.folklore.computers
alt.os.linux.slackware
alt.sys.pdp10
comp.infosystems.gopher
comp.lang.forth
comp.lang.perl
comp.lang.perl.announce
comp.lang.perl.faq
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.perl.moderated
comp.lang.perl.modules
comp.lang.perl.tk
comp.lang.postscript
comp.misc
comp.unix.programmer
comp.unix.shell
fj.life.in-japan
rec.arts.int-fiction
rec.radio.amateur.dx
rec.radio.amateur.moderated
rec.radio.amateur.space
rec.radio.shortwave
Sometimes I interact over NNTP on https://synchro.net (they have a web/BBS interface too). As the pace is much slower, I can comment once or twice a week and everything is still good.
Finally, Gopher and Gemini sites. A really slow pace, no ads, no likes, no bullshit.