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

Retro Guy <[email protected]> wrote at 21:47 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:40:02 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Paul W. Schleck <[email protected]> wrote at 13:15 this Tuesday (GMT):
>>> "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/
>> 
>> 
>> Can't you control what ng's you carry and how old the data you carry is?
>
> Yes, you can. I don't know where the idea comes from that you can't host
> your own server. I'm an idiot and I host one.
>
> Also, I don't know why someone is posting short quotes, not opinion on the
> quote, and links to Reddit. I, and I'm guessing some others, are not going
> to visit Reddit to read the info.


Yeah, I'm definitely not.
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