Reports of Usenet’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated:
Is Usenet dead, as Sascha posits? I don’t think so. As long as there are folks who think a command line is better than a mouse, the original text-only social network will live on. Sure, ISPs will shut down access out of misled kiddie porn fears but the real pros know where to go to get their angst-filled, nit-picking, obsessive fix.
Nope. USENET is dead. Dead, dead. dead. really dead.
The fact that there are small enclaves of civilization hiding in boarded up bars hiding from the zombies that have destroyed the city doesn’t mean the city isn’t destroyed, folks.
This isn’t “yeah, there are some issues, but things are generally okay” out on USENET. This is “hello, I”m charlton heston, and I’m the Omega man” out on USENET. There is some humanity alive out there, but the zombies have won and the city is destroyed.