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Is USENET still active

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nighthawks69

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Does anyone still use USENET for videos and photos. Many years ago it was the best place to find files and info. If so any recommendations?
 
Do you honestly think there is some secret underground where "great" content that doesn't make EVERY tube site is circulated? If something is being circulated between strangers it's being done everywhere. The only way you're going to find different is through tight groups of close well known TRUSTED individuals.
 
dartel said:
Do you honestly think there is some secret underground where "great" content that doesn't make EVERY tube site is circulated? If something is being circulated between strangers it's being done everywhere. The only way you're going to find different is through tight groups of close well known TRUSTED individuals.
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I find most sites degrade the quality to save on bandwidth so I was hoping 1st generation quality might exist elsewhere like USENET where retention is the issue not size.
 
I fondly remember those days as well and having to find the best news reader and all the various programs needed to stitch large files back together. It was fun but I cannot imagine if it is even still active there is much there anymore aside from some guy "trying to get in touch with you about your car's warranty".
 
Usenet was basically folded into google groups, who censors out all the good ones. I am sure there is some real 'usenet' out there but it's only attended by the ultra-nerds. It was basically spammed to death 20+ years ago. Google also bought Dejanews, the really good usenet archive, and censored the crap out of it Peer-to-Peer file sharing replaced it. With the growing file sizes, usenet was near useless for file sharing anyway.
 
Webb said:
No. You're about 20 years too late for that
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I wasn't to late as I was on USENET before the World Wide Web was a thing. I think my earliest post dates back to '87 which I can still find in the USENET archives. I was just curious if I should purchase an USENET feed to see what groups are carried and retention.

Thinking its not worth it reading the responses. It was lots of fun back in the wild west of the internet.
 
PonyTrot said:
Usenet was basically folded into google groups, who censors out all the good ones. I am sure there is some real 'usenet' out there but it's only attended by the ultra-nerds. It was basically spammed to death 20+ years ago. Google also bought Dejanews, the really good usenet archive, and censored the crap out of it Peer-to-Peer file sharing replaced it. With the growing file sizes, usenet was near useless for file sharing anyway.
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True about file size as the videos back in the day were not very high resolution. I remember joining endless split files and hoping one wasn't missed. Thanks for your insight. Save me a few bucks to sign up an find it wasn't worth it.
 
nighthawks69 said:
True about file size as the videos back in the day were not very high resolution. I remember joining endless split files and hoping one wasn't missed. Thanks for your insight. Save me a few bucks to sign up an find it wasn't worth it.
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LOL! HJSPLIT for the win!
 
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