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Re:New way to have complex discussions by lmm on Monday May 06, 2024 @09:48PM (#40281425)
I don't see anything about Usenet service on there. More generally, while a few people are willing to pay for access to a discussion service, most aren't and it's not clear that the people who are are a big enough market to be viable.
Re:New way to have complex discussions by chrisjj on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @03:43AM (#40283298)
I was referring to the paradigm but sorry yes you are right the parent was specifically about usenet.

> More generally, while a few people are willing to pay for access to a discussion service, most aren't

Agreed.