On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:20:32 -0500, Peter Wanker <pwanker1@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:31:10 -0500, The Man <> wrote:
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>>It all ended when most ISP's stopped newsgroups and it all went to pay
>>newsgroups. "alt.binaries.pictures.nude" is still pretty active.
>
>Paying for news is really not that expensive. I guess Usenet, as
>as whole is dying. Too may separate forums, etc. I guess the
>complaint about spam is legitimate, but it can be controlled --
>as this NG can prove.
>
>I guess the 'open' mind set is gone ....
>
>Another, almost dead, dinosaur.
It's a shame that the spammers have taken over many of the old groups,
posting nonstop.
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