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bleak_fire_

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Jan 24, 2016, 8:00:48 AM1/24/16
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on the great fire of Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:35:49 +0000, Lukas Twig jumped
from the flames, screaming:

> But let's face it: Usenet is fucking dead!
>

Only if you want it to be...stay on Usenet until the end!

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Stephen Wolstenholme

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Jan 24, 2016, 8:42:44 AM1/24/16
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On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 07:00:48 -0600, bleak_fire_
<pena...@yomomma.hot.invalid> wrote:

>on the great fire of Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:35:49 +0000, Lukas Twig jumped
>from the flames, screaming:
>
>> But let's face it: Usenet is fucking dead!
>>
>
>Only if you want it to be...stay on Usenet until the end!

If you look at the stats Usenet posts and reads are increasing. There
was a drop in 2008 when some providers decided Usenet was costing them
too much.

Steve

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bleak_fire_

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Feb 15, 2016, 3:28:45 AM2/15/16
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On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 13:42:43 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 07:00:48 -0600, bleak_fire_
> <pena...@yomomma.hot.invalid> wrote:
>
>>on the great fire of Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:35:49 +0000, Lukas Twig jumped
>>from the flames, screaming:
>>
>>> But let's face it: Usenet is fucking dead!
>>>
>>>
>>Only if you want it to be...stay on Usenet until the end!
>
> If you look at the stats Usenet posts and reads are increasing. There
> was a drop in 2008 when some providers decided Usenet was costing them
> too much.
>
> Steve

True, but the overwhelming majority of the stats apply to binary
newsgroups.

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