From: rudycanozaball@jollykone.edu   
      
   HarryLime wrote:   
   >> Will Dockery wrote:   
   >> If course, Usenet could have a comeback, with new members.   
   >>   
   >> That's still possible.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > In the 12 years that I've been here, there have never been more than a   
   > dozen active members at a time.   
   >   
   > There are currently 8.3 billion people on the planet and a dozen, or   
   > less, of them pay any attention to Usenet AAPC.   
   >   
   > Facebook, otoh, has over 3 billion active users.  Instagram has over 3   
   > billion monthly users.   
   >   
   > The parade has gone by.   
   >   
   >   
   The only thing more outdated than Usenet is the idea that anyone besides   
   us gives a shit about it anymore.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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