News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix. Parent comment

Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by rsynnott on Thursday August 31, 2023 @11:35AM (#37338843)
> But I distinctly remember when my university dropped USENET lots of people complained because they couldn't get free access elsewhere.

Unless they dropped it _really_ early, there was dejanews/google groups, surely?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by BeetleB on Thursday August 31, 2023 @12:42PM (#37339988)
Was dejanews free? And could you access it with a proper news reader?

Google Groups's interface sucks by comparison.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by tptacek on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:30PM (#37340757)
You could post to it for free, but it was extremely clunky.
[ Parent | on HN ]