Re: Shouting into the void again

On 2025-01-22, solid hyrax <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 22/1/2025 11:26 PM, Stone Fox wrote:
>> On 2024-11-30, FurryDragon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On 25/11/2024 16:34, Bluefire 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.
>>> Welcome to to the Newsgroup! It looks like my Usenet propaganda on the
>>> FFF discord has gotten at least one person to start using this ancient
>>> system...
>>>
>>> As sad as it is that Google Groups is gone, the lack of spam gives us an
>>> opportunity to become active here again. Hopefully, over time, more
>>> people might join us here. It's a surprisingly pleasant way to
>>> communicate with eachother.
>> 
>> Yes, it's very nice. I can post on the command line, on Linux, without
>> a graphical desktop installed. Gone are the days of having to carry
>> around a phablet and rent a telephone number for the sole purpose of
>> using Telegram.
> Now that you guys have this newfound freedom to talk on the newsgroup 
> without the annoyance of spam again. What subject would be the first 
> thing that you would open with?

Anything Furry! Art, furmeets, stories, etc. I'll occassionally start a
thread, to keep things rolling.