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Usenet has thousands of groups, many of which have fallen into disuse
over the years, so I thought it might help folks out to have a thread of active groups so that newbies can find a place with some good up-to-date discussions going on.

A few to start off with:

rec.food.cooking (Busy!)
rec.arts.sf.written

For programmers and electronics geeks:
comp.lang.python
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too) sci.electronics.design
sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there) sci.electronics.repair

And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)

Anyone got any other favourites?

Also, any nominations for groups that could do with a little extra
attention? Any Elite Dangerous players (and/or nostalgic 80s computer
users) want to resurrect alt.fan.elite?

Rayner
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From Newsgroup: alt.usenet.newbies

Rayner Lucas <usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE> writes:

Usenet has thousands of groups, many of which have fallen into disuse
over the years, so I thought it might help folks out to have a thread of active groups so that newbies can find a place with some good up-to-date discussions going on.

A few to start off with:

rec.food.cooking (Busy!)
rec.arts.sf.written

For programmers and electronics geeks:
comp.lang.python
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too) sci.electronics.design
sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there) sci.electronics.repair

And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)

Anyone got any other favourites?

Also, any nominations for groups that could do with a little extra attention? Any Elite Dangerous players (and/or nostalgic 80s computer
users) want to resurrect alt.fan.elite?

Rayner

This is very useful, thanks!
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From Newsgroup: alt.usenet.newbies

Am 17.06.2023 um 21:06:03 Uhr schrieb Rayner Lucas:

For programmers and electronics geeks:
comp.lang.python
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too) sci.electronics.design
sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there) sci.electronics.repair

And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)

Anyone got any other favourites?

Many stuff about Linux/Unix under comp.* and the German de.* and ger.*.

In alt there are also many Linux and computer groups.
Just look at the amount of posts.

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https://slotmalaygame.com/
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On 6/17/2023 10:06 PM, Rayner Lucas wrote:

Usenet has thousands of groups, many of which have fallen into disuse
over the years, so I thought it might help folks out to have a thread of active groups so that newbies can find a place with some good up-to-date discussions going on.

A few to start off with:

rec.food.cooking (Busy!)
rec.arts.sf.written

For programmers and electronics geeks:
comp.lang.python
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too) sci.electronics.design
sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there) sci.electronics.repair

And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)

Anyone got any other favourites?

Also, any nominations for groups that could do with a little extra
attention? Any Elite Dangerous players (and/or nostalgic 80s computer
users) want to resurrect alt.fan.elite?

Rayner

for roleplaying games the rec.games.frp.* hierarchy is still more or
less active, especially rec.games.frp.dnd, rec.games.frp.misc, and rec.games.frp.cyber

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In article <umjlv3$bs0a$2@dont-email.me>, gmkeros@gmail.com says...

for roleplaying games the rec.games.frp.* hierarchy is still more or
less active, especially rec.games.frp.dnd, rec.games.frp.misc, and rec.games.frp.cyber

well, I say active, but I know you get a response when you post something :D

Thank you, that's great to know :-)

There's another list of known-to-be-active groups here: https://www.big- 8.org/w/images/3/3e/Sample-newsrc.txt (thanks to Paul Schleck for
contributing a lot of them)

Rayner
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From Newsgroup: alt.usenet.newbies

Another piece of good advice I received elsewhere is to not be afraid of trying to resurrect a dead group.

If you find a silent one, try writing a message and perhaps drop a line
here to see if there is any interest.

Best regards,
Daniel

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From Newsgroup: alt.usenet.newbies

D <nospam@example.net> writes:

Another piece of good advice I received elsewhere is to not be afraid
of trying to resurrect a dead group.

If you find a silent one, try writing a message and perhaps drop a
line here to see if there is any interest.

For the mathematically oriented, let's resurrect

alt.algebra.help

because sci.math seems to be hopeless?
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From Newsgroup: alt.usenet.newbies

Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> writes:

D <nospam@example.net> writes:

Another piece of good advice I received elsewhere is to not be afraid
of trying to resurrect a dead group.

If you find a silent one, try writing a message and perhaps drop a
line here to see if there is any interest.

For the mathematically oriented, let's resurrect

alt.algebra.help

because sci.math seems to be hopeless?

rec.games.computer.doom.misc is still active. I will start posting more
over there to see if people are willing to join in.
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From Newsgroup: alt.usenet.newbies

On 1/5/2024 11:55 PM, cr0c0d1le wrote:

Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> writes:

D <nospam@example.net> writes:

Another piece of good advice I received elsewhere is to not be afraid
of trying to resurrect a dead group.

If you find a silent one, try writing a message and perhaps drop a
line here to see if there is any interest.

For the mathematically oriented, let's resurrect

alt.algebra.help

because sci.math seems to be hopeless?

rec.games.computer.doom.misc is still active. I will start posting more
over there to see if people are willing to join in.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action is also surprisingly active
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From Newsgroup: alt.usenet.newbies


Are 1000-+ groups are Active for TEXT
300-+ groups very active




On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:06:03 +0100, Rayner Lucas <usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE> wrote:

Usenet has thousands of groups, many of which have fallen into disuse
over the years, so I thought it might help folks out to have a thread of >active groups so that newbies can find a place with some good up-to-date >discussions going on.

A few to start off with:

rec.food.cooking (Busy!)
rec.arts.sf.written

For programmers and electronics geeks:
comp.lang.python
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too) >sci.electronics.design
sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there) >sci.electronics.repair

And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)

Anyone got any other favourites?

Also, any nominations for groups that could do with a little extra >attention? Any Elite Dangerous players (and/or nostalgic 80s computer
users) want to resurrect alt.fan.elite?

Rayner

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