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    From ldpshddtti@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 30 16:10:41 2022
    Hello alt.fan.usenet,

    I apologize if this is a common question but I've been a bit of a USENET diletante and I've been looking for some interesting and active newsgroups to peruse and subscribe to. At the moment, I found that a lot
    of comp.* has been consistently active over the months and soc.* is
    pretty much dead.

    So yeah, I thought it would be nice to start a conversation about interesting newsgroups that some of us might know about.

    I'll start:

    comp.infosystems.gemini -
    I believe this is one of the most recent heirarchy to be approved in
    the Big 8 and it is quite active when discussing the relatively new
    and niche Gemini protocol.

    comp.infosystems.gopher -
    This is a slower newsgroup about the gopher protocol. There are
    interesting discussions that happen here every now and then.

    comp.os.bsd.netbsd.misc -
    This is quite an oddball since I think there's just one nym that
    consistently posts in this newsgroup and he posts about netbsd updates
    and hacks he has found. Quite interesting, not going to lie.

    alt.privacy.pgp/alt.privacy.anon-server -
    Also an interesting newsgroup. It's a mixed bag of spam and remailer
    talk which is something that's interesting to read about.

    comp.os.linux.advocacy -
    It's basically a flamefest of the eternal distro wars and Linux vs
    Windows vs Mac OS. Also mixed with a bunch of political stuff that's
    very interesting to read.

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  • From Rayner Lucas@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 5 17:14:57 2022
    In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]d says...
    [snip]
    At the moment, I found that a lot of comp.* has been consistently
    active over the months and soc.* is pretty much dead.

    So yeah, I thought it would be nice to start a conversation about interesting newsgroups that some of us might know about.

    Yep, comp.* sees a decent amount of activity. Groups such as comp.lang.c
    and comp.lang.python are fairly lively. Groups for obsolete technologies
    such as the comp.sys.atari.* groups are very quiet, but an on-topic post
    still might elicit a reply or two from people who are still subscribed.

    The sci.* groups are also worth browsing. I read the sci.electronics.*
    groups, which have a good number of knowledgeable contributors (along
    with the usual kook or two).

    rec.* has lots of barely-used groups with a few very popular ones. rec.food.cooking is busy enough that you'll probably need to be
    selective about which posts you read unless you have a lot of free time. rec.arts.sf.written is also a good one to check out, with plenty of on-
    topic discussion of SF and fantasy fiction as well as some threads on
    popular science, comic strips, and such like.

    R

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  • From 5GyYap52yQ1UGMWD@21:1/5 to Rayner Lucas on Wed Sep 14 11:32:51 2022
    Rayner Lucas <[email protected]AMPLEASE> writes:

    In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]d says...
    [snip]
    At the moment, I found that a lot of comp.* has been consistently
    active over the months and soc.* is pretty much dead.

    So yeah, I thought it would be nice to start a conversation about
    interesting newsgroups that some of us might know about.

    Yep, comp.* sees a decent amount of activity. Groups such as comp.lang.c
    and comp.lang.python are fairly lively. Groups for obsolete technologies
    such as the comp.sys.atari.* groups are very quiet, but an on-topic post still might elicit a reply or two from people who are still subscribed.


    I believe comp.os.cpm is also fairly active. It's not as active as
    comp.lang.c but it does see some occasional postings here and there.

    The sci.* groups are also worth browsing. I read the sci.electronics.* groups, which have a good number of knowledgeable contributors (along
    with the usual kook or two).


    sci.anthropology.paleo and talk.origins have a bunch of kooks in there
    but there some signal that it's nice to read through some discussions
    even if they're hard to read sometimes.

    rec.* has lots of barely-used groups with a few very popular ones. rec.food.cooking is busy enough that you'll probably need to be
    selective about which posts you read unless you have a lot of free time. rec.arts.sf.written is also a good one to check out, with plenty of on-
    topic discussion of SF and fantasy fiction as well as some threads on
    popular science, comic strips, and such like.

    R

    Thanks for these, I've subscribed to both and it's nice to read through
    some discussions from time to time.

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    Pointless meanderings in a bleak and lonely world.

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