USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix - eviltoast
  • Brownian Motion@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    strippers? You mean the cocaine and hookers and cuban cigars, as well as all the blue label you can consume!

    You should never go to usenet, you will see unbridled speed for nzb downloads, that are blindingly fast compared to that p2p stuff. Oh and actually 0-days the p2p sites get weeks later.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Back in the day I used to download the entirety of alt.music.indie (or whatever it was called) and spend weeks giving an honest listen to every album. I found so many artists through Usenet