Me, I used USENET a lot back in the late 1990s, mostly hanging out on alt.games.final-fantasy. Sad to say, my internet service provider back then was AOL. (The first newsgroup I tried reading was alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die...)
My impression is that USENET died because it lacked reasonable spam prevention measures?
My impression is that USENET died because it lacked reasonable spam prevention measures?
Spam started on Usenet. The Canter & Siegel visa spam! The anatomically correct chocolate heart! Ah, memories.
So yes, a lot of it was overrun by spam for a while, but countermeasures were developed, and eventually the spam was brought down to the level we see today. My impression is that Usenet faded because blogging and web forums were invented, and most people voted with their feet. And then public access to the Internet exploded, the general public never even ...
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