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   Message 28,968 of 29,105   
   Renee McNeely to Travoltron   
   Re: Future's Signature   
   26 Jan 24 13:43:47   
   
   From: reneemcneely@outlook.com   
      
   On 2024-01-26 11:35 AM, Travoltron wrote:   
   > On 1/25/2024 5:14 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >> ElFanDeMKW  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> February 22, 2024: Forum closure.   
   >>   
   >> The "forum" is not closing. This is Usenet. Usenet isn't going away.   
   >>   
   >> What is it with you people?   
   >>   
   >> Use a newsreader. Become a user on a News server. Subscribe to this   
   >> newsgroup.   
   >   
   > Somebody must have written an article or something that triggered this.   
   Not that Google should have had to clarify this, but I can imagine a lot   
   of people got the impression that Google created and controlled Usenet,   
   and therefore, that Google discontinuing a service they had already   
   abandoned meant game over for Usenet. For a lot of people my age (born   
   in the 2000s) who are more familiar with sites like Reddit or Discord,   
   the idea of Usenet being a decentralized service provided by a myriad of   
   sources probably never even crossed their mind.   
      
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