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  • Re: Usenet revival (WAS: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer

    From Spiros Bousbouras@21:1/5 to Stefan Ram on Fri Jan 6 17:22:08 2023
    On 6 Jan 2023 16:47:59 GMT
    ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:
    Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> writes:
    Ok. Are there any "project" in getting new users to the groups and >advertising them?

    I remember that, maybe 10 years ago, a group of people moved
    from a Web forum to "comp.misc". I think some are still posting
    there today.

    I am aware of 3 threads. Two are from February 2014 :

    From: Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com>
    Newsgroups: comp.misc
    Subject: Welcome Slashdot refugees!
    Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 22:38:55 -0800
    Message-ID: <ld1v1v$old$1@dont-email.me>

    and

    From: John Brownalt <deconfliction@filteredperception.org>
    Newsgroups: comp.misc
    Subject: Slashdot Beta Sucks
    Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 10:45:47 +0000 (UTC)
    Organization: Slashdot Beta Exodus
    Message-ID: <ld2dgr$sq0$1@dont-email.me>

    Between them I have 142 message IDs. The first few are
    <ld1v1v$old$1@dont-email.me>
    <MD0Ju.242576$VG.155641@fx12.iad>
    <20140207094431.6b052c4d.batman@thecave.invalid>
    <ld2dgr$sq0$1@dont-email.me>
    <ld2dk0$sq0$2@dont-email.me>
    <ld32j1$nso$1@dont-email.me>
    <ld3360$rqb$2@dont-email.me>
    <52f51f6b$0$2943$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>
    <52f5346f$0$29659$862e30e2@ngroups.net>
    <52f5357c$0$29668$862e30e2@ngroups.net>
    <ld3md9$kde$1@dont-email.me>
    <ld3olj$f0$1@dont-email.me>
    <ld3pk6$bfv$1@dont-email.me>
    <52f57685$0$29735$862e30e2@ngroups.net>
    <52f57710$0$29255$862e30e2@ngroups.net>
    <ld3u1i$1so$1@dont-email.me>
    <ld3u68$2nc$1@dont-email.me>
    <ld3ufu$43s$1@dont-email.me>
    <ld44r1$u2a$1@dont-email.me>
    <ld45ei$la$1@dont-email.me>

    There is also
    From: 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart>
    Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.folklore.computers
    Subject: SUSE Reviving Usenet
    Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:04:16 -0500
    Message-ID: <sj1rna$144n$1@gioia.aioe.org>

    All the message IDs I have from this thread are
    <sj1rna$144n$1@gioia.aioe.org>
    <sj1u3m$v95$1@dont-email.me>
    <sj3ir2$o98$8@dont-email.me>
    <87r1d6114l.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>
    <irmvv2FfrtuU1@mid.individual.net>
    <sj9ri3$o3j$1@dont-email.me>
    <snoqok$691$1@reader1.panix.com>
    <snpm82$1h9f$1@gal.iecc.com>
    <slrnsq13sk.51n.usenet@raspberrypi.geeknix.net>
    <UzbTJ.7068$aT3.6067@fx09.iad>
    <1b7d9e792t.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net>
    <20220301090949.5c174bb4d7f6986bf98b40ac@eircom.net>
    <pej1fi-kl2.ln1@anthive.com>
    <svlf9j$154g$1@gal.iecc.com>
    <87tuceyyjz.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
    <20220304091444.afb66f6c1f606a9a44a5d75c@eircom.net>
    <IeqUJ.91125$Lbb6.60421@fx45.iad>
    <j8epnuFhr6oU5@mid.individual.net>
    <87h78dzb5d.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
    <j8fd3eFhr6oU6@mid.individual.net>
    <svu0v9$2ln6$1@gal.iecc.com>
    <j8fhfbFhr6oU7@mid.individual.net>
    <871qzh47g0.fsf@localhost>
    <1208487086.668131331.469169.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
    <j8fo7rFhr6oU9@mid.individual.net>
    <svuann$5dh$1@dont-email.me>
    <gDLUJ.56113$oF2.23397@fx10.iad>
    <j8i145Fm0ltU1@mid.individual.net>

    Otherwise, I am not aware of any revival of the (text) Usenet.

    For "de.all", IIRC, Cornell Binder has created a web site
    with statistics. Something like "usenet.dex.de". I have the
    impression that the use is still descreasing and I am afraid
    there will be no revival.

    There may or may not be revival depending on all kinds of social factors and random events.

    --
    vlaho.ninja/prog

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
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