From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

The Bjornsdottirs - Lightning <zerda@umbrellix.net> writes:

They came aboard and saw what kind of network they'd be supporting, and
they noped out.

I'm 24 and I've rattled the idea around my head a couple times. Each time,
I am demotivated by the kind of person I come across, one of whom I quote directly and whose question I am responding to.

Does it really matter? Insane Canadian is just small part of
Usenet. Barely noticeable, actually.
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Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> writes:

The Doctor wrote:

What happened to the young people who wanted to set up a Usenet node?

Maybe they found out that it takes effort?

Not much, actually.
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SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug> writes:

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:39:50 -0000 (UTC)
doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:

Getting high schools to a Usenet project should be
the advocacy of everyone here!

Moderated NNTP newsgroups are well-suited to academic environments.

Unmoderated, too. Bigger part of Usenet at one point was in academic environents.

Searching for ".edu" in current Top1000 shows these results:

news.icm.edu.pl
usenet.csail.mit.edu
nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu
wsisiz.edu.pl
usenet-its.stanford.edu
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