Moderation in this sub has been a huge problem since the prior mod team quit over reddit changes, and nearly every attempt I've made to add to the mod team has resulted in drama (justified or not).
/Surprised Pikachu
A new sub Reddit was created called /r/UsenetTalk and people are abandoning the old one.
It is not quite that new, the other sub has existed for a few years now. Its purpose is to discuss usenet / usenet providers without discussing indexers, automation, or anything like that.
In my opinion it is better to just move to Lemmy
Most of the peeps on Reddit don't seem to want to move but you can always point them to
!usenettalk@lemmy.sdf.org (if you want the Lemmy community of the same on the other site)
Personally I wouldn't push people to lemmy.world, the admins here have taken a hard stance against piracy related topics. Not sure if they will end up locking/deleting this community when they realize people may be using usenet to download more than linux isos :P
Invite them all here!
The issue with Lemmy is that people don't want to look for an instance to join, they prefer all the work done for them like Bluesky default instant, so I doubt anyone would move here. What's funny is that the mods are approved by reddit and now new mods have taken over, there is a rumour that they are the same awful mods with alternate accounts. Reddit is truly awful, bots, propaganda, and a lot of power abuse.
Well, the best instances for usenet people is here, https://discuss.tchncs.de or https://lemmy.dbzer0.com Both are incredibly welcoming. I understand people love what they're familiar with, but the future is now. At least give them the choice.
People already mentioned Lemmy, no one joined, also the mod this Usenet lemmy group hasn't posted anything in a year.
https://www.reddit.com/r/UsenetTalk/comments/1h3gyj0/rusenet_what_is_going_on/lzw4ryc/
@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com can we move the community to your instance?
It already exists !usenet@lemmy.dbzer0.com
The tricky part is getting people to use it, for now most people seem to be fine using the general !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com community even for usenet.
The tricky part is getting people to use it, for now most people seem to be fine using the general !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com community even for usenet.
If the !piracy community is not that busy, is that an issue? There will always be time to redirect people to !usenet once it gets too busy
Piracy is relatively busy. But not at the point that people need to be redirected.
Nice. Let's try and get some activity over there.
Ye no need to ask me. So long as you don't invite bigots in, we're good.
Um, the type of people who would do the effort to pick a Lemmy instance are exactly the type of people technical enough to know or use Usenet. Especially the ones that know enough to contribute useful information.
What's a reddit? /s
Like seriously, who cares? Why go there when we know it's a sewer?
Deals, many usenet providers and indexers provide deals on reddit, so unless you want to pay the full price you need to go to reddit.
In my opinion it is better to just move to Lemmy.
You'd think people discussing Usenet would use, you know... Usenet. 🤷🏻♂️
We are a thriving community dedicated to helping users old and new understand and use usenet