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. Google Groups ending support for Usenet (support.google.com)
   286 points by bilegeek almost 2 years ago | 198 comments
2. Classic Usenet posts on computer architecture, operating systems and languages (yarchive.net)
   267 points by caned over 1 year ago | 59 comments
3. Show HN: Retronews – TUI for HN and Lobsters emulating classical Usenet readers (github.com)
   109 points by luke8086 about 1 year ago | 36 comments
4. Gordon Letwin OS/2 Usenet post (1995) (gunkies.org)
   105 points by walterbell 9 months ago | 129 comments
5. The Early History of Usenet (2019) (www.cs.columbia.edu)
   76 points by ogurechny over 1 year ago | 24 comments
6. End of an Era: Google Groups to Drop Usenet Support (www.pcmag.com)
   72 points by derefr over 1 year ago | 31 comments
7. Daily Usenet Feed Size Hits 300TB (www.newsdemon.com)
   70 points by xhrpost about 1 year ago | 60 comments
8. Terabytes of Old Usenet Articles since 1980s Restored in 471,000 News Groups (news.admin.peering.narkive.com)
   43 points by SyberShock over 1 year ago | 2 comments
9. The Original Usenet Physics FAQ (math.ucr.edu)
   25 points by nyc111 11 months ago | 2 comments
10. Ask HN: Why is Usenet not coming back?
    15 points by Fabeltjeskrant about 1 month ago | 15 comments
11. Usenet is a worldwide distributed electronic bulletin board system (smfr.org)
    13 points by openrisk 8 months ago | 6 comments
12. BREIN Tracks Down and Settles with Usenet Uploaders (torrentfreak.com)
    9 points by gslin almost 2 years ago | 3 comments
13. retronews: TUI browser for HN and Lobsters emulating classical Usenet readers (github.com)
    7 points by kaycebasques about 1 year ago | 3 comments
14. Why can't we just "reset" Usenet?
    6 points by quilnux about 1 year ago | 9 comments
15. Ask HN: What killed Usenet?
    6 points by tbolt about 1 year ago | 9 comments
16. End of an Era: Google Groups to Drop Usenet Support (www.pcmag.com)
    5 points by airhangerf15 over 1 year ago | 1 comments
17. The Rise and Fall of Usenet (www.zdnet.com)
    5 points by elorant over 1 year ago | discuss
18. The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be (www.zdnet.com)
    5 points by CrankyBear over 1 year ago | discuss
19. The Rise and Fall of Usenet (www.zdnet.com)
    4 points by throw0101b over 1 year ago | 2 comments
20. A Chapter on Usenet and FidoNet from The Backbone: A History of the Internet (technicshistory.com)
    4 points by beeburrt about 2 months ago | discuss
21. 'Destroyed' Usenet Provider Sues Anti-Piracy Group for Millions in Damages (torrentfreak.com)
    4 points by isaacfrond 9 months ago | discuss
22. The time Dick Spam Depew spammed Usenet with his antispam moderation spam (1993) (groups.google.com)
    4 points by rfarley04 10 months ago | discuss
23. The Usenet Oracle (internetoracle.org)
    4 points by manucardoen 10 months ago | discuss
24. 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 year ago | discuss
25. Big 8 (Usenet) (en.wikipedia.org)
    3 points by laktak 7 months ago | discuss
26. Usenet and the Future of Comp.text.tex [pdf] (www.tug.org)
    3 points by smitty1e 10 months ago | discuss
27. Olduse.net: Usenet replayed with a 40 year delay (olduse.net)
    3 points by antiquark over 1 year ago | discuss
28. Usenet and Auctions, Part 1 – By Paul Lefebvre (www.goto10retro.com)
    3 points by rbanffy over 1 year ago | discuss
29. Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel: the first Usenet commercial spammers (en.wikipedia.org)
    3 points by aragonite over 1 year ago | discuss
30. Does Google crawl Usenet group content? (rentry.co)
    3 points by tomb_carry over 1 year ago | discuss