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   Message 430 of 1,115   
   rbowman to HelixPilot   
   Re: A few questions about Usenet   
   16 Oct 25 06:11:57   
   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:45:21 +0100, 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   
      
   Probably should have an exit strategy too in case the assholes from   
   alt.fan.rush-limbaugh find it. Move elsewhere with no forwarding address.   
   The problem is telling people where elsewhere is. It's not like you can   
   have an algorithm like frequency hopping.   
      
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