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|    rdent@purdue.edu to nichola...@vice.com    |
|    Re: Why post to alt.tv.simpsons in 2017?    |
|    18 Sep 17 22:25:49    |
      On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 4:14:42 PM UTC-4, nichola...@vice.com wrote:       > Hello everyone,       >        > My name is Nicholas Deleon and I'm an editor at Motherboard, Vice Media's       science and technology website based in New York.       >        > I'm currently working on a story about Usenet text discussion groups and the       motivations to still use them in 2017 (as opposed to other platforms like       Facebook, Twitter, etc.) I used to lurk here when I was a kid in the early       2000s and I was pretty        surprised to see that there's still an active community. Would anyone be will       to speak to chat in the next couple days (can be via email, Skype, etc.) about       why they continue to post here? What are the draws to Usenet versus other       platforms? Does it        improve the level of discourse that the group is a little off the beaten path,       so to speak?        >        > I can be reached by email at nicholas.deleon@vice.com if anyone would like       to get in touch.        >        > Thanks!       >        > -Nicholas              I think it's kinda funny and ironic to post on such an outdated forum.               But above all, something about it feels very cozy and nostalgic. I wasn't even       born until 96, long after this place started, but something about it still       feels...right.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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