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   Message 374 of 1,115   
   Fish Trunks to HelixPilot   
   Re: A few questions about Usenet   
   15 Oct 25 16:18:47   
   
   From: fish.trunks@proton.me   
      
   On 10/15/2025 2:45 PM, HelixPilot wrote:   
   > On 10/10/2025 00:04, auanon wrote:   
   >> As for question 3, you can simply self host a newsgroup. The trouble   
   >> lies in actually getting other servers to peer it. Even   
   >> eternal-september, which might be happy to peer say alt.cyberpunk.tech   
   >> with someone, almost certainly isn't going to accept the chan.g group.   
   > Honestly even when usenet was way way way more active than it is now   
   > getting a group created was a lot of hard work and kind of out of the   
   > hands of anyone who didn't work at or knew someone at one of the big   
   > relays. As far as 4chan refugees are concerned, like I've mentioned   
   > elsewhere, we'd be better off just taking over a dead group that already   
   > exists. For example there's no point trying to get alt.chan.tv made when   
   > alt.tv already exists.   
   >   
   > HP   
      
      
   I had a similar idea. I'm going to hijack rec.games.misc. The problem is   
   how to get the wheel rolling but I'll think about it   
      
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