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On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:01:36 -0000 (UTC), Paul W. Schleck wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1q8au08/oneyear_anniversary_of_daily_new_content_on/

It's mindboggling there is a subreddit 'ClassicUsenet'. I mean, why
aren't they posting /here/, on Usenet?
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Verily, in article <msidl3F34fhU1@mid.individual.net>, did
me@privacy.invalid deliver unto us this message:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:01:36 -0000 (UTC), Paul W. Schleck wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1q8au08/oneyear_anniversary_of_daily_new_content_on/

It's mindboggling there is a subreddit 'ClassicUsenet'. I mean, why
aren't they posting /here/, on Usenet?

Some people literally don't know it still exists. Others know it's out
there somewhere but assume it's buried in bot spam.
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Paul W. Schleck <pschleck@panix.com> wrote at 21:01 this Saturday (GMT):

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1q8au08/oneyear_anniversary_of_daily_new_content_on/

Cool! I didn't know there was a subreddit for that.
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The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote at 20:18 this Sunday (GMT):

Verily, in article <msidl3F34fhU1@mid.individual.net>, did me@privacy.invalid deliver unto us this message:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:01:36 -0000 (UTC), Paul W. Schleck wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1q8au08/oneyear_anniversary_of_daily_new_content_on/

It's mindboggling there is a subreddit 'ClassicUsenet'. I mean, why
aren't they posting /here/, on Usenet?

Some people literally don't know it still exists. Others know it's out
there somewhere but assume it's buried in bot spam.

To be fair, when google was the one supplying it through ggroups..
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In article <MPG.43cdcf9ebdc36ec29899ed@news.eternal-september.org>, The
True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <msidl3F34fhU1@mid.individual.net>, did me@privacy.invalid deliver unto us this message:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:01:36 -0000 (UTC), Paul W. Schleck wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1q8au08/oneyear_anniversary_of_daily_new_content_on/

It's mindboggling there is a subreddit 'ClassicUsenet'. I mean, why
aren't they posting /here/, on Usenet?

Some people literally don't know it still exists.

Most people don't even know that it ever existed, let alone still exists!
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Verily, in article <vintageapplemac-1701261112150001@pmg3>, did vintageapplemac@gmail.com deliver unto us this message:

In article <MPG.43cdcf9ebdc36ec29899ed@news.eternal-september.org>, The
True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <msidl3F34fhU1@mid.individual.net>, did me@privacy.invalid deliver unto us this message:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:01:36 -0000 (UTC), Paul W. Schleck wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1q8au08/oneyear_anniversary_of_daily_new_content_on/

It's mindboggling there is a subreddit 'ClassicUsenet'. I mean, why aren't they posting /here/, on Usenet?

Some people literally don't know it still exists.

Most people don't even know that it ever existed, let alone still exists!

Well, the people posting on /r/ClassicUsenet probably knew about it at
some point. :-)
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vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) writes:

In article <MPG.43cdcf9ebdc36ec29899ed@news.eternal-september.org>, The
True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <msidl3F34fhU1@mid.individual.net>, did
me@privacy.invalid deliver unto us this message:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:01:36 -0000 (UTC), Paul W. Schleck wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1q8au08/oneyear_anniversary_of_daily_new_content_on/

It's mindboggling there is a subreddit 'ClassicUsenet'. I mean, why
aren't they posting /here/, on Usenet?

Some people literally don't know it still exists.

Most people don't even know that it ever existed, let alone still exists!

True. I remember when AOL Instant Messenger came out and one of my
coworkers was excitedly telling about.

them: "You can chat with some one in real time!"
me: "Like IRC."
them: "But you can send files too!"
me: "Like IRC."
them: "No, but you can join groups for group chats!"
me: "Like IRC."

I know IRC != usenet, but this conversation happened in 1998.

Actually, I've been happy to see that usenet and IRC seem to be making a
bit of a comeback with all of the popularity of retro gaming and
computing on the rise.
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In article <87y0lvoi5p.fsf@pm.me>, Rust Buckett <rsstinnett@pm.me> wrote:

Actually, I've been happy to see that usenet and IRC seem to be making a
bit of a comeback with all of the popularity of retro gaming and
computing on the rise.

Yeah, I've spent *years* pushing Usenet as an absolutely perfect way for retro-computing enthusiasts to actually get some meaningful online use out
of their machines - I'm posting from a vintage Mac running OS9, for
example - but there was always relatively little interest. I'll keep
mentioning it wherever I see a retrocomputer conversation happening,
though!
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Verily, in article <vintageapplemac-0102260844090001@pmg3>, did vintageapplemac@gmail.com deliver unto us this message:

Yeah, I've spent *years* pushing Usenet as an absolutely perfect way for retro-computing enthusiasts to actually get some meaningful online use out
of their machines - I'm posting from a vintage Mac running OS9, for
example - but there was always relatively little interest. I'll keep mentioning it wherever I see a retrocomputer conversation happening,
though!

That is a great idea which I'm adopting.
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s|b <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:01:36 -0000 (UTC), Paul W. Schleck wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1q8au08/oneyear_anniversary_of_daily_new_content_on/

It's mindboggling there is a subreddit 'ClassicUsenet'. I mean, why
aren't they posting /here/, on Usenet?

A lot of people havent come home from Christmas vacations yet maybe?
I hope they all enjoy wherever they went,

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