Jaco G
Anyone here still use Usenet?
Jun 17, 2023 at 9:01amWeb
Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎Jun 17, 2023
@jaco I suspect not many, I'm afraid. There's not a lot of client software left out there from what I see, and many of them are binary downloaders with subpar, if any, posting ability.
Show threadJaco GJun 17, 2023
@aaribaud And loads of subscription only services. I feel like we really screwed up in the late 90s allowing open decentralised standards to be taken over by the likes of reddit etc.
Show threadDevlin Jun 17, 2023
@jaco @aaribaud Not any more, besides the occasional hunt for something obscure - it's died a death and it sucks.
Show threadDenez Van Dyck ⏚Jun 17, 2023

@aaribaud

Here's a short list (in French) of newsreaders for text groups:

http://usenet-fr.yakakwatik.org/lecteurs-de-news.html

Some are recent, like flnews or MacCafé.

@jaco

USENET FRANCOPHONE - Quelques lecteurs de news

Show threadWetdryvacJun 17, 2023
@jaco Yup.
Show threadjuggles mcintyreJun 17, 2023
@jaco it has use cases still...
Show threadnjsgJun 17, 2023

@jaco Yes, some #USENET groups are active with on-topic conversations (and the occasional veering off-topic :-)), say, alt.folklore.computers with #retrocumputing and #computinghistory.

I'd say the news clients I've been using have better interfaces than this mastodon web ui... but I really should be trying other mastodon clients...

Show threadJaco GJun 17, 2023
@njsg Just asking, because tbh we should all have been using usenet the past 2 decades instead of reddit etc.
Show threadJaco GJun 17, 2023
@njsg Which client do you use?
Show threadnjsgJun 17, 2023
@jaco currently, #Gnus in #Emacs and #SeaMonkey Mail&News.