Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet?

On 2025-02-25, Paul W. Schleck <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Usenet, having been around for several decades now has gotten to the
> point where you can't just host your own server. While I get the reason
> behind that, why is not a good idea, to perhaps split away from the
> current dataset and start a new feed of Usenet servers without the older
> data and without binaries? The current Usenet would still be present,
> but it would allow for people not only to go back to self-hosting
> Usenet, but would also get rid of some of the 'junk' that people don't
> want. And removing binaries from the new one, doesn't stop people from
> using the old Usenet to continue doing so.
>
> Why would this be a bad idea?" - quilnux
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1it5bf5/why_cant_we_just_reset_usenet/
>

I like the idea of getting a few system administrators together to host
an alternative news network, like some already do with pubnix servers.

There are a few huge servers in IRC world due to network effect, and yet
there are many small IRC servers that have an active community. Usenet
could be the same.