Usenet is unmoderated. Once you post it, it sticks forever. We could probably get one of the independent providers to give free access to a new newsgroup. Anyone have any thoughts?

I’ve used Usenet for my content needs for years because it’s so fast and risk free. I think we could also use it for our community discussions.

    • Ann Onymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      I’ve had a lifetime sub for NZBGeek (indexer) since 2015 (one-off payment of something like 20-30 USD) and currently pay 6 USD/month for unlimited downloads with NewsGroupDirect. The NGD sub was 4 USD/month until recently and I got it at that price through a promotion that I found out about on Reddit (probably r/usenet) a few years ago.

      There’s some free trials listed here, but sadly all the best info is probably still on r/usenet.

    • freewifiiiii@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      1 year ago

      I messaged the owner of the Newsgroup direct website on Reddit and asked if he would honor an old price and he did. He was very active on the Usenet subreddit.

    • Briongloid@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I personally use frugalusenet for $4/pm, which is unlimited, but if I could find $5/1TB I would switch to that.

      Indexer I pay $1/pm for a big one and I have a free one that has less.