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.

  • jamesA
    5·
    2 years ago

    The main reason it might be used is it integrates very well with services such as Sonarr/Radarr which can auto-download TV shows/movies if you have a good indexer. That and generally the Usenet servers do not keep access logs so it tends to be a lot safer than torrenting. For software/games etc. I would stick with torrents, but for TV/Movies if you have your own server Usenet is a compelling service.

    • aebrer@kbin.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      I have used both and I don’t disagree with you, but I want to say it’s worth noting that torrents also work fine with Sonarr and Radarr!

      • jamesA
        2·
        2 years ago

        Good point - I did find torrents a lot more fiddly to set up though.

        • aebrer@kbin.social
          1·
          2 years ago

          Agreed again haha, it was way more fiddly (but also more free!)

          These days I’m just using Stremio for my media though, with add-ons it’s glorious

          • jamesA
            2·
            2 years ago

            Free is always the best price! I’ve been using a Sonarr/SABnzbd/Emby setup on my home built NAS (unRAID) for about 7 years now. Until recently I had about 9.5TB of shows but then got ransomwared :(. Got about 4 of it back now and counting!