Who still uses Usenet?

[hans007]

I used to in high school. Which was like 14 years ago. Forum software seems to have superseded it.

Anand is a year younger than me and I remember posting in threads he was also commenting on in the CPU sub groups

 

[Zeze]

Anand is a year younger than me and I remember posting in threads he was also commenting on in the CPU sub groups

Thanks, care.

Anand Lal Shimpi
aka The Boss.

 

[blackangst1]

DMCA overrules usenet now at least on American providers. Though they always miss a few.

Overrules? Not quite. You know who gets the most take down notices? Google. Some usenet providers are much more susceptible to take downs than others...Highwinds for example.

What is the point of Usenet when you can google everything with what you want + the word 'torrent' in 4 seconds?

Well, that used to be a good way.

HERE is another reason not to use torrents.

Fact is, there's no advantage of torrents over usenet. Can you connect to a torrent swarm via SSL? Not to every seeder, no. You can with usenet. Usenet also doesnt depend on seeders. Once its up, its up. You dont have to seed with usenet. You can max out your bandwidth with usenet. Even with a large swarm I couldnt download a 12 gig movie in under 45 minutes. I can with usenet.

But, in the end, its your choice

 

[theevilsharpie]

Usenet's primary use is for piracy. Nobody I know uses it for legitimate discussion anymore. Web forums and social network sites have taken their place.

 

[umbrella39]

What is the point of Usenet when you can google everything with what you want + the word 'torrent' in 4 seconds?

If you don't know you don't need it apparently...

 

[Old Hippie]

Yep, I still use it for various things but it's nowhere near what it used to be.

Seems the European lawsuits against file sharing have even effected media offerings.

 

[waggy]

Usenet's primary use is for piracy. Nobody I know uses it for legitimate discussion anymore. Web forums and social network sites have taken their place.

i disagree. I still maintain my usenet account. i visit the groups about once a month well the ones that are still active.

 

[Jeraden]

All I know is the UFC found out about usenet 3 months ago, and I keep hoping they forget every month, but they seem to keep remembering.

 

[Druidx]

All I know is the UFC found out about usenet 3 months ago, and I keep hoping they forget every month, but they seem to keep remembering.

The UFC only sends take down request to the files pertaining to NZB's posted on the popular sites, other copies are still available.

 

[BladeVenom]

Yep, I still use it for various things but it's nowhere near what it used to be.

Seems the European lawsuits against file sharing have even effected media offerings.

The largest new server in Europe got shut down a while back. Then Andrew Cuomo pressured most American ISPs into dropping Usenet .

But it's still growing, just not as fast as it use to.

 

[blackangst1]

The largest new server in Europe got shut down a while back. Then Andrew Cuomo pressured most American ISPs into dropping Usenet .

But it's still growing, just not as fast as it use to.

At last count Giganews had over 115,000 groups. True, many dont have much in them, but still. I remember when 30,000 was alot lol

 

[KeithTalent]

That's the idea. I started posting the "first rule" thing here in 2001 IIRC.

Second account? :hmm:

KT

 

[blackangst1]

Second account? :hmm:

KT

AHA!

 

[tommo123]

shut the fuck up everyone! ssshhhh!

p.s - usenet rules!

 

[Tommy2000GT]

people don't use the usenet for dicussions anymore. it's primarily used to host files.

 

[BladeVenom]

people don't use the usenet for dicussions anymore. it's primarily used to host files.

I use to like Deja News, but Google screwed it up with Google Groups.

 

[Sureshot324]

Overrules? Not quite. You know who gets the most take down notices? Google. Some usenet providers are much more susceptible to take downs than others...Highwinds for example.




Well, that used to be a good way.

HERE is another reason not to use torrents.

Fact is, there's no advantage of torrents over usenet. Can you connect to a torrent swarm via SSL? Not to every seeder, no. You can with usenet. Usenet also doesnt depend on seeders. Once its up, its up. You dont have to seed with usenet. You can max out your bandwidth with usenet. Even with a large swarm I couldnt download a 12 gig movie in under 45 minutes. I can with usenet.

But, in the end, its your choice

You get bad files far more often with usenet. With torrents, if it has thousands of seeds and lots of upvotes, you can be pretty confidant it's a good file.

 

[blackangst1]

You get bad files far more often with usenet. With torrents, if it has thousands of seeds and lots of upvotes, you can be pretty confidant it's a good file.

My experiences have been the opposite. YMMV I guess.

 

[Zeze]

My experiences have been the opposite. YMMV I guess.

I haven't come across a single bad torrent that had even the slightest number of upvotes, seeds, and comments.

 

[zokudu]

I have a slight feeling everyone complaining about torrents is doing it wrong.

 

[pcslookout]

My experiences have been the opposite. YMMV I guess.

Same.

 

[ViviTheMage]

What's a good usenet anyhow, I have never even tried to use usenet.

 

[blackangst1]

What's a good usenet anyhow, I have never even tried to use usenet.

Unfortunately, we've said too much already. Im sorry, but we cant tell you.

 

[SonicIce]

i dont really see the point in paying a monthly fee for usenet when you could just use that money to go buy the legit media

 

[Sureshot324]

i dont really see the point in paying a monthly fee for usenet when you could just use that money to go buy the legit media

I pay per gb instead of monthly and probably average like $3 a month. It's nice to have if I want something right now or there's something I can't find a torrent of.