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Re:Some Thoughts on Social Networking and Usenet by halfbrite on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:02PM (#33511551)
Anyone looking to create a new social network should certainly take cues from Usenet - of course, it was eventually over taken by forums on the web.

Visiting Usenet today though will only lead to sadness, unless you're looking for something you shouldn't be or enjoy endless spam.

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Re:Some Thoughts on Social Networking and Usenet by pacman128 on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:14PM (#33511730)
I just recently started looking back at one of the groups I frequently read years ago and found that there was a small community still using it. Even recognized a few of them. The trolls and spammers were gone.
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Re:Some Thoughts on Social Networking and Usenet by pacman128 on Monday November 07, 2022 @04:02PM (#33512400)
rec.arts.sf.written was the one I was referring to.
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Re:Some Thoughts on Social Networking and Usenet by anthk on Monday November 07, 2022 @05:11PM (#33513284)
Killfiles under slrn solved this fastly enough.
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Re:Some Thoughts on Social Networking and Usenet by gw98 on Monday November 07, 2022 @04:34PM (#33512832)
Crikey sci.electronics.design is a mess now (was active over 20 years ago on it).
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Re:Some Thoughts on Social Networking and Usenet by jjav on Monday November 07, 2022 @04:22PM (#33512673)
Usenet is alive, just very low traffic these days. I still read it every week. The spammers have mostly left since it's not an interesting target anymore.
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