On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 22:01:05 +0200, "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 06:44:16 -0500, Merle@invalid.com wrote:
>
>> Usenet is not dying - it 's already dead.
>
>And what are we, zombies?

Usenet groups - the ones still active, are filled with "regulars" like
yourself and their buddies who post the same drivel day after day,
whether pertinent or not to the group. In each surviving group it is
the same small group of denizens and their buddies day after day.

Usenet IS dead, inhabited by the same few zombies like yourself day
after day.

On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:28:35 -0500, ray@gpost.com wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 22:01:05 +0200, "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 06:44:16 -0500, Merle@invalid.com wrote:
>>
>>> Usenet is not dying - it 's already dead.
>>
>>And what are we, zombies?
>
>Usenet groups - the ones still active, are filled with "regulars" like
>yourself and their buddies who post the same drivel day after day,
>whether pertinent or not to the group. In each surviving group it is
>the same small group of denizens and their buddies day after day.
>
>Usenet IS dead, inhabited by the same few zombies like yourself day
>after day.

Usenet was adopted as a mode of communication at the time because back
then, it was the only thing around for doing that job.

And like is always the case when people are pioneering something new,
it was relatively difficult, needing both unusual hardware,
communications and expertise.

Since then -- half a century ago, remember -- other ways of doing the
same thing have come along.

In many cases, a lot easier, and needing no uncommon hardware,
communications, or indeed expertise.

People and life naturally gravitate towards easier ways of doing hard
things. It's often called "progress".

So, the question isn't really about why new people aren't deliberately
choosing older and harder ways of doing the same things that they can
do more easily with more modern methods. It's really, why should
they? Who learns today how to start a hand-crank automobile? Who
needs to?

All technology is only a temporary solution until something better is
invented.

Of course, what is "better" is another argument entirely.

On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:28:35 -0500, ray@gpost.com wrote:

> Usenet IS dead, inhabited by the same few zombies like yourself day
> after day.

Well, not daily. Not anymore...

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s|b

In article <l8ldeglmha4cm7unvurc7109qcsd8gu8ob@4ax.com>
Terry Pinnell <me@somewhere.invalid> wrote:
>
> I went to Tools > Newsgroup Directory and did a few searches related to
> 3D Printing (such as '3D Printing', OpenSCAD, Cura, etc) and got no
> hits.
>
> Updating the directory and choosing 'Show only new newsgroups (found on
> last update)' gave me none. Must be at least a year or so since I last
> updated.
>
> So is it simply that I'm probably a few years slow in realising that
> Usenet is now a thing of the past?

With great sadness I must say that this is the case. I will not be
surprised to see the USENET providers shut down in the next few
years, and that will pretty much end it. Almost all of us will no
longer have access to USENET then.

Even now there are very few people new to USENET showing up. It
will be but a memory, and we will all be but a memory, in the near
future.