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

In article <[email protected]>,
Anthk GM  <[email protected]> wrote:
>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.

Retcon the timeless Child!
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