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[–] [email protected] 61 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Those who do not understand Usenet are doomed to reinvent it, poorly.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I sign on to Usenet occasionally just to feel like I'm part of some global secret society.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You don't get that from being here?

My wife and family thinks all of you are spies or drug runners.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy is basically the dark web to your average instagram user.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

True, but at least they've heard of the dark web

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

I've checked out a couple old newsgroups that I know of, but not much was going on. One of them was a little active and I peruse it every now and again, one was just some troll and a bunch of spam. Any good tips resources on finding newsgroups that are activeish?