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There is still active discussions over usenet :) not as much as before but still, example comp.lang.php reader.usenet.monster/group?group=comp.lang.php

Then there are also binaries groups which are NOT dead and still living ;)

Lennvor OP ,

I heard that the comp.lang ones were still active ! And while I'm not wildly into computer languages as a subject of conversation I'm not totally not into it either. Are they all mostly about helping each other with coding questions or are there some with conversations that would be interesting to something with a more generic interest in computing?

Then there are also binaries groups which are NOT dead and still living ;)

Yes I gathered that :) I don't know if those tend to have lot of conversation though?

I see rec.arts.sf.written and talk.origins are active, which tracks honestly but is still a nice surprise. sci.bio.evolution seems deceased, I don't know if any other science group survived.

Bishma ,
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Its even having a mini resurgence at the moment.

Lennvor OP ,

I think that would be cool tbh. Although the more I've been thinking about it over the last couple of days the more I'm remembering all the various barriers to entry that make it hard on a web interface, I still feel that 1) I don't know that any are straight-up insurmountable, as opposed to nobody having had much motivation to surmount them since like 2005, and 2) everybody doesn't need to be on it for it to be worth being on. But you do need a minimal supply of new blood.

Do you have specifics or links on what form that mini resurgence is taking?

btaf45 ,

[reader.usenet.monster/group?group=comp.lang.php]

This is awesome. Thanks!

Lennvor OP ,

Hi ! I only realized that you'd posted a link after u/btaf45 (@btaf45?) highlighted it. That's a really interesting usenet reader, do you know if there exists a website that highlights groups by activity, or can display the most recent messages from all groups like the main page of a social media aggregator? It seems to me that if reader.usenet.monster can do what it does it should be able to do that too but I don't see that kind of page on that site.

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