Re: Shouting into the void again

On 23/12/2024 6:56 p.m., Coyo Stormcaller wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:06:07 -0800
> Brian W. Antoine <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:34:53 +0100, Bluefire <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 20/11/2024 21:45, FurryDragon wrote:
>>>> On 19/11/2024 04:19, TechDunce wrote:
>>>>> Now that google groups and down and the relatively easiest way to
>>>>> post here is lost I am curious how many people are still here by
>>>>> whatever other means.
>>>>> _
>>>>> Sent via Agent on an old laptop I dug out an ewaste bin
>>>> I'm here for the first time, which was possible through eternal
>>>> september and the Mozilla Thunderbird client, and I'm very happy
>>>> to see that this place is still up!
>>>> I however have no actual idea if any other places like
>>>> alt.horror.werewolves or alt.fan.dragons are still active.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Sent via overpriced laptop given to me by a relative
>>>
>>> I'm also using Thunderbird + Eternal September. It's... actually my
>>> very first message to alt.fan.furry. So... hello everyone!
>>>
>>> With that said, I think it is somewhat sad Google Groups is no more.
>>> It might have been a source of spam, but it was also for many a
>>> reason to still use Usenet. As such, I am not sure if it's a net
>>> positive.
>>
>> I used NewsGuy for years, until the locked the doors one night.
>> NewsHosting has been pretty good and they just sent email about
>> buying a few of the older services.
> 
> I do plan on getting my GigaNews account back once I can afford such
> things, maybe even setting up and running my own NNTP news server. It
> doesn't seem much harder than setting up an email server.
> 
Just getting peers that's hard.