From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 10:05:14 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:   
      
   > Site sez: 'The era of usenet is over'   
   >   
   > Probably the .uni decision makers are blinded by their involvement w/   
   > social media.   
   >   
   > I agree that times are different for usenet than they used to be, but I   
   > don't agree that it is 'over'.  It has been changing since the beginning.   
   >   
   > Society would probably be better off w/ just what was/ is/ and has been/   
   > wrong w/ usenet society compared to what is currently wrong w/   
   > browser/phone internet society.   
      
   I don't know where they all come from, but lately eternal-september has   
   been getting some new people. I imagine people who are fed up by the   
   algorithm and the toxicity in places like X or Reddit.   
      
   Usenet can be blunt, but if you don't like it, then you can set a kill   
   filter and - poof - they're gone.   
      
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