@Tedspence @tchambers I used Usenet in the 80s and early 90s and it was great, some of my earliest online communities. But I never had to *run* it; I was just a participant.
(Also watched the takedown of what I understood to be the very first Usenet spammers; the community rallied.)
@cellio @Tedspence @tchambers
I remember downloading these long conversations from a BBS and spending hours reading