Welcome to the 4chan /g/ Usenet General Thread!>What is /usenet/?Open standard protocols still exist and are what the internet was built on (http, irc, rss, ftp, etc). Not owned by corpos, not under govt control, and are accessible to anyone with an internet connection. They simply exist to be built upon and enjoyed by all.Some, like FTP are outdated and insecure. Others, like rss, irc, http, usenet are still glorious and wonderful open standards. Join us and discuss such topics on one such protocol: NNTP, aka usenet.>WTF IS USENETLiterally it means the Users Network. It’s an open protocol for posting and reading messages, organized by newsgroups. It's entirely decentralized, no single server, impossible to take down.Today it is split between, binaries and text. The binaries part is what it’s known for today: piracy. The text part is forgotten and abandoned, until now.>WHY POST ON USENETIt's open protocol, you can use any client you want or build you own. No costs, no subscriptions, no money. You can sign up through your ISP, or through eternal-september.org. Then you just need to install a client.>THIS IS OLDER THAN MY DAD. WHY TF WOULD I DO THIS?Because it's comfy.Because it’s decentralized. Because instead of feeding some corpo AI bullshit like discord, reddit or whatever, you can have a conversation with like minded anons in an uncensored, decentralized, and fun hackerman way.>DO I HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING?No, you can use the aforementioned eternal-september.org with any client of your choice, or use the service of newsgrouper.org to access freely online (register to post).>OK I’M IN - WHERE DO I POST!Join us at alt.cyberpunk.tech!WHAT CLIENT SHOULD I USE?>Pan (gnome newsreader - Multiplat)>Seamonkey>Gnus for GNU Emacs>Mozilla Thunderbird>want to take a peek?Online Based service @ newsgrouper.org is free and allows to post when registered. Also it can be used in any browser, even on Android!Previous thread: >>106937478
how 2 download anime via usenet?
bumpcheers for getting me on usenet yesterdayt. future Ofcom rape victim
>>106971730OI OI OI YOU CHEEKY FOKIN WANKA DO YOU HAVE YOUR USENET LOICENSE!?
>>106971746come get me, faggoti'll scoop your eyes out with an unregistered spoon
>>106971754>with an unregistered spoonGET THE FUCKING SAS WE GOT A TERRORIST ON OUR HANDS!
>>106971754the most wanted man in london
>>106971754cuckeirstarmer biggest enemy
>>106971546>Because it’s decentralized.Are you sure about that?Back in the 90s, all usenet servers posted and fetched from other upstream servers that, in turn, fetched from the one main central server, some university somewhere.
>>106971546so basically one dude leeches all media he can find then gives you access for $5/mo ?
>>106972291lulwut?
>>106971546>alt.cyberpunk.techThis started off as a fun group, but it recently devolved into just bitching about 4chan and not much else. Now it's just like a dead altchan where the only thing people talk about is "GRRR AT LEAST WE'RE NOT 4CHAN", then activity dies because they get tired of bitching about the same thing over and over. I know we've got problems here on /g/, but what's the point of ruining a cool group by obsessing over it?
>>106972487is this not how it works?
>>106972878This whole project has from the start been nothing more than the 4chan version of moving to Canada. It was never about going somewhere else to discuss things unmolested, it was always about running away from bad old 4chan - in fact, let's have a long discussion about all of 4chan's problems to the exclusion of anything else. Oh boy do I hate 4chan, wouldn't it be great if everyone left 4chan for the newsgroups? Yeah, let's go get everyone to do that...And so on. That's why some moron made a thread on /tg/ about this same subject, which attracted zero interest last I checked. I'm all for having somewhere else to go if this place gets shuddered, but for fuck's sake don't make it so obvious that all you want to do is make an altchan.
>>106972878>>106972944What did you expect from a usenet newsgroup? The cypherpunk movement is if not dead comatose. Talking both about developers and 4chan of old the entire crowd has moved on to different places long ago.
>>106973051the problem is more fundamental, who still browses this place? mostly just completely demoralized people and actual npcs. not exactly fertile breeding ground especially not if discussion is carefully guided at first. you need to establish that it won't just be hurr 4chan bad all day but i don't see that working with usenet desu
>>106972878Really? I think you had way too much coffee this morning. The main complaint is the captcha. Also: >>>/co/150908547
>>106973051>The cypherpunk movement is if not dead comatoseSad, many such cases.
>>106972884It's free (as in freedom)
>>106973928how is it better than xdcc
