XPost: alt.usage.english, news.software.readers   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   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.  .   
      
   Usenet traffic is actually at an all time high, so the network   
   itself isn't anywhere near dying... it's the small percentage   
   that use Usenet for discussing things in groups like this that   
   are on a downward trend.   
      
   > I would agree more if you said the new generation tends   
   > towards non-usenet media, bypassing usenet altogether.   
      
   When we've all passed, the younger generation that do use Usenet   
   will just use it for file-sharing and downloading movies, but   
   they'll go on to X or Reddit, or whatever the future popular   
   social medium of the day is, to discuss things publicly and make   
   comments. Generally, they don't seem that interested in   
   newsgroups or using newsreaders.... and that includes my own   
   son!   
      
   > > 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:   
   >   
   >    
      
   I suspect the binary groups will live on!   
      
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