On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:42:15 -0600, bbq > wrote:



>laugh.
>
>Part of the reason usenet appears to be dying is there are many, many
>websites devoted to hobbies of anything you can imagine. Those under 30
>may not even be aware of usenet.
>

A bigger reason is that may ISPs have taken down the USENET servers.
Many were lost when ATT and Verizon decided to no longer handle them
and people did not want to or know how to go to a news service.