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Comment author: Viliam 06 April 2016 08:16:30PM 2 points [-]

What are the reasons NNTP and Usenet got essentially discarded?

Just a guess: having to install a special client? The browser is everywhere (it comes with the operating system), so you can use web pages on your own computer, at school, at work, at neighbor's computer, at web cafe, etc. If you have to install your own client, outside of your own computer, you are often not allowed to do it. Also, many people just don't know how to install programs.

And when most people use browsers, most debates will be there, so the rest will follow.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 10 April 2016 12:44:30PM 1 point [-]

Just a guess: having to install a special client?

The e-mail client that came pre-installed with Windows 95 and several later Windowses also included newsgroup functionality.