Usenet has thousands of groups, many of which have fallen into disuse
over the years, so I thought it might help folks out to have a thread of
active groups so that newbies can find a place with some good up-to-date
discussions going on.

A few to start off with:

rec.food.cooking (Busy!)
rec.arts.sf.written

For programmers and electronics geeks:
comp.lang.python
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too)
sci.electronics.design
sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there)
sci.electronics.repair

And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)

Anyone got any other favourites?

Also, any nominations for groups that could do with a little extra
attention? Any Elite Dangerous players (and/or nostalgic 80s computer
users) want to resurrect alt.fan.elite?

Rayner

Rayner Lucas <usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE> writes:

> Usenet has thousands of groups, many of which have fallen into disuse
> over the years, so I thought it might help folks out to have a thread of
> active groups so that newbies can find a place with some good up-to-date
> discussions going on.
>
> A few to start off with:
>
> rec.food.cooking (Busy!)
> rec.arts.sf.written
>
> For programmers and electronics geeks:
> comp.lang.python
> comp.lang.perl.misc
> comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too)
> sci.electronics.design
> sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there)
> sci.electronics.repair
>
> And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)
>
> Anyone got any other favourites?
>
> Also, any nominations for groups that could do with a little extra
> attention? Any Elite Dangerous players (and/or nostalgic 80s computer
> users) want to resurrect alt.fan.elite?
>
> Rayner
This is very useful, thanks!

Am 17.06.2023 um 21:06:03 Uhr schrieb Rayner Lucas:

> For programmers and electronics geeks:
> comp.lang.python
> comp.lang.perl.misc
> comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too)
> sci.electronics.design
> sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there)
> sci.electronics.repair
>
> And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)
>
> Anyone got any other favourites?

Many stuff about Linux/Unix under comp.* and the German de.* and ger.*.

In alt there are also many Linux and computer groups.
Just look at the amount of posts.

https://slotmalaygame.com/

On 6/17/2023 10:06 PM, Rayner Lucas wrote:
> Usenet has thousands of groups, many of which have fallen into disuse
> over the years, so I thought it might help folks out to have a thread of
> active groups so that newbies can find a place with some good up-to-date
> discussions going on.
>
> A few to start off with:
>
> rec.food.cooking (Busy!)
> rec.arts.sf.written
>
> For programmers and electronics geeks:
> comp.lang.python
> comp.lang.perl.misc
> comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too)
> sci.electronics.design
> sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there)
> sci.electronics.repair
>
> And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)
>
> Anyone got any other favourites?
>
> Also, any nominations for groups that could do with a little extra
> attention? Any Elite Dangerous players (and/or nostalgic 80s computer
> users) want to resurrect alt.fan.elite?
>
> Rayner

for roleplaying games the rec.games.frp.* hierarchy is still more or
less active, especially rec.games.frp.dnd, rec.games.frp.misc, and
rec.games.frp.cyber

well, I say active, but I know you get a response when you post something :D

In article <umjlv3$bs0a$2@dont-email.me>, gmkeros@gmail.com says...
>
> for roleplaying games the rec.games.frp.* hierarchy is still more or
> less active, especially rec.games.frp.dnd, rec.games.frp.misc, and
> rec.games.frp.cyber
>
> well, I say active, but I know you get a response when you post something :D

Thank you, that's great to know :-)

There's another list of known-to-be-active groups here: https://www.big-
8.org/w/images/3/3e/Sample-newsrc.txt (thanks to Paul Schleck for
contributing a lot of them)

Rayner

Another piece of good advice I received elsewhere is to not be afraid of
trying to resurrect a dead group.

If you find a silent one, try writing a message and perhaps drop a line
here to see if there is any interest.

Best regards,
Daniel

D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> Another piece of good advice I received elsewhere is to not be afraid
> of trying to resurrect a dead group.
>
> If you find a silent one, try writing a message and perhaps drop a
> line here to see if there is any interest.

For the mathematically oriented, let's resurrect

alt.algebra.help

because sci.math seems to be hopeless?

Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> writes:

> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>
>> Another piece of good advice I received elsewhere is to not be afraid
>> of trying to resurrect a dead group.
>>
>> If you find a silent one, try writing a message and perhaps drop a
>> line here to see if there is any interest.
>
> For the mathematically oriented, let's resurrect
>
> alt.algebra.help
>
> because sci.math seems to be hopeless?
rec.games.computer.doom.misc is still active. I will start posting more
over there to see if people are willing to join in.

On 1/5/2024 11:55 PM, cr0c0d1le wrote:
> Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> writes:
>
>> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>>
>>> Another piece of good advice I received elsewhere is to not be afraid
>>> of trying to resurrect a dead group.
>>>
>>> If you find a silent one, try writing a message and perhaps drop a
>>> line here to see if there is any interest.
>>
>> For the mathematically oriented, let's resurrect
>>
>> alt.algebra.help
>>
>> because sci.math seems to be hopeless?
> rec.games.computer.doom.misc is still active. I will start posting more
> over there to see if people are willing to join in.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action is also surprisingly active

Are 1000-+ groups are Active for TEXT
300-+ groups very active

On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:06:03 +0100, Rayner Lucas
<usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE> wrote:

>Usenet has thousands of groups, many of which have fallen into disuse
>over the years, so I thought it might help folks out to have a thread of
>active groups so that newbies can find a place with some good up-to-date
>discussions going on.
>
>A few to start off with:
>
>rec.food.cooking (Busy!)
>rec.arts.sf.written
>
>For programmers and electronics geeks:
>comp.lang.python
>comp.lang.perl.misc
>comp.lang.c (mind the spam, but there are definitely real posters too)
>sci.electronics.design
>sci.electronics.basics (quiet, but there are people there)
>sci.electronics.repair
>
>And for shameless pro-Usenet advocacy, head over to alt.fan.usenet :-)
>
>Anyone got any other favourites?
>
>Also, any nominations for groups that could do with a little extra
>attention? Any Elite Dangerous players (and/or nostalgic 80s computer
>users) want to resurrect alt.fan.elite?
>
>Rayner

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