From: danskunk@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2022-07-04 2:11 p.m., Anonkitty wrote:   
   > Dan Skunk  wrote:   
   >>>        Now... If by "no one" you mean the "modern, low-attention span,   
   instant   
   >>> gratification" "if it can not be found in a high bandwidth, always live,   
   >>> web-browser session then it doesn't exist" type... I might agree.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> Basically that. Telling people to find a server, then configure a client   
   >> to connect to it isn't going to work as well as click on this picture   
   >> and go.   
   >   
   > I don't think NNTP users actually want approachability, though. AFAIK   
   > anytime it happened (eternal september, Google Groups and the proliferation   
   > of binary groups) it's been decried and mocked due to the accompanying   
   > influx of spam and the deterioration in quality of discussion.   
   >   
   > There seems to be a bit of pride in being the few renegade hipsters that   
   > engage with social media as if it were 1992 and compared to the fast-paced,   
   > chaotic, corporate blunder of modern social media, there actually is a   
   > point to using Usenet, IRC and BBSs over more modern alternatives TBH.   
   >   
   > The smarter the system, the dumber the user, it seems nowadays.   
      
   For me, I think I'd prefer the activity over the pride of being in a   
   shrinking group of hipsters.   
      
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