http://www.heidicool.com/blog/2007/11/08/usenet-newsgroups-anachronistic-service-or-useful-communication-tool/ web • content • marketing • navigation • seo • social media Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.heidicool.com/blog/2007/11/08/usenet-newsgroups-anachronistic-service-or-useful-communication-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-25111 Ramon I. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:12:55 +0000 http://www.heidicool.com/blog/?p=114#comment-25111 I never ever post but this time I will,Thanks alot for the great blog. http://www.heidicool.com/blog/2007/11/08/usenet-newsgroups-anachronistic-service-or-useful-communication-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 usenet Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:41:31 +0000 http://www.heidicool.com/blog/?p=114#comment-1015 i think newsgroups never will be an anachronoistic service. it is more then everything part of the internet and always will be. especially in germany you find many people who still use the newsgroup culture... http://www.heidicool.com/blog/2007/11/08/usenet-newsgroups-anachronistic-service-or-useful-communication-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Trent Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:05:13 +0000 http://www.heidicool.com/blog/?p=114#comment-1014 I use http://www.newsdemon.com for my newsgroups provider. Their service has been growing for quite sometime so its clear that usenet is not dead just yet. I think a lot of people could likely get a lot of use out of it if they just gave it a shot, but its probably harder than some of the other social networking sites to get acquainted with. http://www.newsdemon.com for my newsgroups provider. Their service has been growing for quite sometime so its clear that usenet is not dead just yet. I think a lot of people could likely get a lot of use out of it if they just gave it a shot, but its probably harder than some of the other social networking sites to get acquainted with.]]> http://www.heidicool.com/blog/2007/11/08/usenet-newsgroups-anachronistic-service-or-useful-communication-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Dented Helmet Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:44:28 +0000 http://www.heidicool.com/blog/?p=114#comment-1013 I've been using news groups NNTP since the very first days. I remember the arguments at Columbia and other colleges over letting a music news group on. I also remember the Supreme Court ruling, many, many years ago, that stated Usenet service providers could not be held liable for the content on the servers. It was a huge ruling. It may also be why much of the "research" content isn't stuff you'd like your kids to be studying in college. Anyway, it is a technology that will one day, sadly, go away. It will continue on for a decade or so because it does still serve a purpose. Just look at the number of Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, and there are 53,000+ messages on the Autism support newsgroup. http://www.heidicool.com/blog/2007/11/08/usenet-newsgroups-anachronistic-service-or-useful-communication-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 Fuzzy Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:55:34 +0000 http://www.heidicool.com/blog/?p=114#comment-1012 USENET was designed as a "store and forward" network. It lent itself well to the days of UUCP and modems. In the days of unlimited bandwidth and direct (routed) connections between computers, the need for the "forward" part is greatly diminished. The format of the newsgroup and the many tools developed for USENET readers (threading, kill files, etc) are still very applicable today for other applications, such as e-mail list archives. The mailing list to newsgroup gateways in combination with a good news reader is much better than many/most of the web mailing list interfaces I have seen. http://www.heidicool.com/blog/2007/11/08/usenet-newsgroups-anachronistic-service-or-useful-communication-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Wayne Smallman Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:29:52 +0000 http://www.heidicool.com/blog/?p=114#comment-1011 I got into Usenet quite late on, but things were still very active then back in 96-98. When you look at what Usenet offers, I could well imagine there still being a place for something as austere and retro as this... http://www.heidicool.com/blog/2007/11/08/usenet-newsgroups-anachronistic-service-or-useful-communication-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Heidi Cool Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:40:33 +0000 http://www.heidicool.com/blog/?p=114#comment-1010 Dave, I think people are using forums for similar reasons as they used Usenet, it's just the technology that's different. With Usenet, you open your reader (as you do for RSS feeds) read the posts, reply to them and start new threads, all within the reader. You don't have to follow a link out to the forum to make the comment. Everything happens in the reader while the data itself is decentralized. I think the Web forums became more popular, not because they were better or more efficient, but because people were going to the Web and that's where they found the forums. Most people didn't know Usenet was even there. As with all social media, content and audience are the important things. If you have a good crowd on your economic discussion forum, you'll stick with it. But if there is an active newsgroup on that topic you could read that as well. http://www.heidicool.com/blog/2007/11/08/usenet-newsgroups-anachronistic-service-or-useful-communication-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 dave Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:18:55 +0000 http://www.heidicool.com/blog/?p=114#comment-1009 How is Usenet different from current forums? I visit one forum to discuss current news, another forum for virtual world economic discussions, another forum for computer related issues, etc. I can get RSS feeds from these forums, I can post discussion questions, receive emails when someone posts to a topic I'm interested in, etc. To someone that never used Usenet it seems like the same things are being accomplished.