XPost: alt.usage.english, news.software.readers   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   occam  wrote:   
   > On 04/02/2026 12:16, Blueshirt wrote:   
   [...]   
   > > Generally, the posting number trend is downwards, say from 10   
   > > years ago, but a good few groups are still healthy enough.   
   > >   
   > > It's not Usenet that is dying per se, it's more the people using   
   > > it!   
   >   
   >  I think you will find a direct correlation between those two.   
   > . I would agree more if you said the new generation tends   
   > towards non-usenet media, bypassing usenet altogether.   
      
     Not that I keep a full list, let alone for all groups, but my   
   Age_of_posters file indicates that we luckily have at least one poster   
   in his early twenties (~25) and a few from ~42 to ~49.   
      
     So if the latter category stays around, there might be some four or   
   five decades left in Usenet! :-)   
      
   > > I assume the Usenet network will still be there long after   
   > > we have all passed.   
   >   
   > My sons disagree with you. After we have all passed, usenet groups will   
   > all look like this:   
   >   
   >    
      
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