On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 08:09:04PM +0100, Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote: > On 15-12-2020 10:40, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: >> It's nothing new. 15y ago or something, there were umpteen Communities on >> Livejournal for any conceivable subject or interest -- most created by >> kids without the wits to check for others' before creating their own. > This is one of the reasons why I miss good old USENET - with a public list > of groups, and a clear hierarchy.
You know Usenet still exists, right? September finally ended and so the volume is down, but that is no bad thing. I run a transit server for my own amusement. (It's even listed in "The Official TOP1000 Usenet Servers".) I keep toying with asking my peers to send a full feed instead of just the handful of hierarchies and groups I'm interested in.
