Re: The future of Usenet (was Re: Attention Solar Penguin)

On 2026-05-25, The True Melissa <[email protected]> wrote:
> Verily, in article <[email protected]>, did 
> [email protected] deliver unto us this message:
>> A lot of younger people are using Usenet... Usenet has seen
>> record traffic year after year... it's not going downwards...
>> people are [generally] just not using Usenet to discuss things
>> on text newsgroups like RADW! 
>
> Exactly. A lot of Usenet traffic is just binaries. 
>  
>
>> We have an example on this very newsgroup of why a sane and
>> sensible Doctor Who fan wouldn't leave a Facebook Group, Discord
>> or Reddit to come here and join-in with the Doctor Who chat...
>> well, what "Doctor Who" chat there is!
>
> The main reason would be to find sympatico people. On Reddit, for 
> example, a user would risk being banned for saying that the Doctor 
> shouldn't be a woman. People who hold minority views, or people who want 
> those who hold minority views to be free to speak, might join the 
> conversation if they knew about it. 
>
>  
>> Plus, we have an active user base here that barely reaches
>> double digits on a good day. We are doing rewatch sessions of
>> the peak era of Doctor Who - the best there was... yet only four
>> people can be bothered to join in... If THAT era of the show
>> cannot get engagement, what can?
>
> Who knows it's happening? Only people who are already here know about 
> it. 
>
>
>> You're better off subscribing to a proper Usenet service
>> provider and downloading a TV show, movie or audiobook - you'll
>> be doing more to keep Usenet alive by doing that than asking
>> Dave Yadallee what he means by __(insert random inane misspelt
>> sentence here)__ all the time. (And you will soon get tired of
>> doing that!) And, at least you'll have something entertaining 
>> to watch or listen to!  :)
>
> That won't inspire them to keep carrying the text groups, and the text 
> groups are real Usenet. The binary groups attached to a network of 
> people talking to each other. 
>
>  
>> When we all pass, unfortunately RADW will die too... 
>  
> That's what I'd like to prevent.
>
>

Well, the doctor it's an interdimensional being. It doesn't matter
what he/she is at all.