Usenet: Long Dead & Buried But Not Yet Replaced - Industry

Usenet: Long Dead & Buried But Not Yet Replaced - Industry: "If you’ve been online for long enough, you probably have used and even grew to love the wealth of discussion forums — called ‘newsgroups’ — that Usenet offered us.

Of course, in the last decade of Usenet’s life, it became increasingly emaciated and diseases, robbing many of us of those fond memories. Legitimate users flocked to newer mediums and all that was left was the infectious spam.

But before that, and before the rise of the browser forum, heck, before even the popularity of eGroups.com (which we’ve known for ten years now as Yahoo! Groups), Usenet newsgroups were home to the Internet’s most vibrant discussions."