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Big-8 covered in The Register, TechSpot
From
Tristan Miller
@21:1/5 to
All
on Mon Sep 18 13:55:56 2023
Dear all,
Usenet, and in particular its Big-8 hierarchy and the Big-8 Management
Board, have been covered in two recent articles in the tech press:
* "USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix"
by Liam Proven (The Register, 2023-08-30):
https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/30/usenet_revival/
* "Usenet is still alive, and the Big-8 Board is managing things again"
by Alfonso Maruccia (TechSpot, 2023-08-31):
https://www.techspot.com/news/99987-usenet-alive-big-8-board-managing-things-again.html
Regards,
Tristan
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Usenet Big-8 Management Board
https://www.big-8.org/
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