Hackernews posts about Usenet

Usenet is a decentralized, open-source, and community-driven online discussion system that predates the internet, allowing users to share and discuss information through newsgroups and articles.

1. Show HN: Retronews – TUI for HN and Lobsters emulating classical Usenet readers (github.com)
   109 points by luke8086 15 days ago | 36 comments
2. retronews: TUI browser for HN and Lobsters emulating classical Usenet readers (github.com)
   7 points by kaycebasques 16 days ago | 3 comments
3. Usenet Archives (www.usenetarchives.com)
   2 points by cybersoyuz 23 days ago | discuss
4. What is the modern equivalent of Google Groups?
   14 points by legohorizons 26 days ago | 18 comments
5. Nothing: Simply Do Nothing (usenothing.com)
   453 points by psvisualdesign 4 days ago | 192 comments
6. The Revenge of the Linux Distribution (osenetwork.com)
   1 points by thunderbong 27 days ago | discuss
7. Ask HN: Is it time to resurrect a Usenet clone?
   352 points by indus over 1 year ago | 320 comments
8. USENET rises again? (www.theregister.com)
   308 points by LinuxBender about 1 year ago | 232 comments
9. Google Groups ending support for Usenet (support.google.com)
   286 points by bilegeek 9 months ago | 198 comments
10. Classic Usenet posts on computer architecture, operating systems and languages (yarchive.net)
    267 points by caned 4 months ago | 59 comments
11. Fall of the Berlin Wall on Usenet (1989) (groups.google.com)
    202 points by nixass over 1 year ago | 103 comments
12. Ask HN: Could Usenet get revived, to replace the soon to be unusable Reddit?
    182 points by netfortius over 1 year ago | 149 comments
13. Why did Usenet fail? (shkspr.mobi)
    172 points by edent over 1 year ago | 281 comments
14. Trying to find some life on the Usenet (2020) (mastodon.sdf.org)
    165 points by carlesfe about 1 year ago | 212 comments
15. Usenet over NNCP (www.complete.org)
    117 points by ecliptik over 1 year ago | 45 comments
16. Some thoughts on social networking and Usenet (2018) (jfm.carcosa.net)
    88 points by donut almost 2 years ago | 79 comments
17. The Early History of Usenet (2019) (www.cs.columbia.edu)
    76 points by ogurechny 7 months ago | 24 comments
18. End of an Era: Google Groups to Drop Usenet Support (www.pcmag.com)
    72 points by derefr 9 months ago | 31 comments
19. Daily Usenet Feed Size Hits 300TB (www.newsdemon.com)
    70 points by xhrpost 2 months ago | 60 comments
20. Terabytes of Old Usenet Articles since 1980s Restored in 471,000 News Groups (news.admin.peering.narkive.com)
    43 points by SyberShock 4 months ago | 2 comments
21. Usenet Archive (1981 – 1991) (usenet.trashworldnews.com)
    27 points by hggh over 1 year ago | 6 comments
22. BREIN Tracks Down and Settles with Usenet Uploaders (torrentfreak.com)
    9 points by gslin about 1 year ago | 3 comments
23. Usenet Provider Claims Supreme Court Victory Against Anti-Piracy Group Brein (torrentfreak.com)
    7 points by gslin over 1 year ago | discuss
24. Why can't we just "reset" Usenet?
    6 points by quilnux 3 months ago | 9 comments
25. Ask HN: What killed Usenet?
    6 points by tbolt 3 months ago | 9 comments
26. Google Usenet Abuse Complaint – Spam Denial of Service Attack (sybershock.com)
    6 points by SyberShock about 1 year ago | 1 comments
27. List of Usenet (eccentric, criminal or unusual) personalities (en.wikipedia.org)
    5 points by kieto about 1 year ago | 2 comments
28. End of an Era: Google Groups to Drop Usenet Support (www.pcmag.com)
    5 points by airhangerf15 9 months ago | 1 comments
29. Ask HN: Discussions on Usenet?
    5 points by lagniappe over 1 year ago | 1 comments
30. The Rise and Fall of Usenet (www.zdnet.com)
    5 points by elorant 9 months ago | discuss
31. The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be (www.zdnet.com)
    5 points by CrankyBear 9 months ago | discuss
32. The Rise and Fall of Usenet (www.zdnet.com)
    4 points by throw0101b 9 months ago | 2 comments
33. Usenet II (en.wikipedia.org)
    4 points by floren over 1 year ago | 2 comments
34. The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be (2023) (www.zdnet.com)
    4 points by ohjeez about 1 month ago | discuss
35. The USENET Guide to Power Posting (1988) (www.textfiles.com)
    4 points by ecliptik about 1 year ago | discuss
36. Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix (www.theregister.com)
    3 points by LinuxBender about 1 year ago | 1 comments