kiwi — 10/27/2025, 1:47:57 AM

tried to teach myself how to navigate the usenet yesterday

much to my surprise, all anyone uses the usenet for these days is spam and piracy

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thrat:

What is usenet?

10/27/2025, 3:51:51 AM
kiwi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

10/27/2025, 4:03:11 AM
kiwi:

(sorry for replying with the “jUsT gOoGlE iT” approach but idk how to properly explain it)

10/27/2025, 4:04:31 AM
slider_on_the_black:

UK.rec.sheds is people chatting, it's fun

10/27/2025, 2:10:22 AM
kiwi:

what newsreader do you recommend? i borrowed my dad’s newshosting subscription but that one’s specifically tailored for piracy

10/27/2025, 3:36:09 AM
slider_on_the_black:

For linux, my go to is pan http://pan.rebelbase.com/

10/27/2025, 7:26:16 AM
slider_on_the_black:

There's also a free newshost i use called eternal September, it doesn't support downloading files tho https://www.eternal-september.org

10/27/2025, 7:28:51 AM
kiwi:

oh cool! i’ll check those out

10/27/2025, 7:32:15 AM