[TUHS] FYI: Internet Old Farts Club

[Steve Nickolas]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022, Larry McVoy wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 07:12:32PM -0700, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote:
>> On 1/29/22 1:48 AM, Andy Kosela wrote:
>>> I can speak only for myself, but I love that TUHS/COFF mailing lists are
>>> still _the real_ mailing lists managed the old school way.
>>
>> Usenet is still a thing that I use daily.
>
> So I used to be very active on Usenet, comp.arch and comp.unix.wizards
> were my jam.  soc.singles, yeah, hung out there and I was not well
> loved for my views.
>
> I don't think I've been on usenet since the 1990's because it just
> turned into a cesspool of crap.  Sort of Facebook but text.
>
> Are you saying there is still some decent value in Usenet or are you
> hanging on just because?

Well, I mostly lurk on comp.sys.apple2 and comp.os.cpm... there's 
sometimes interesting stuff going on there still.

-uso.