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Place to go? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by anothernotquite@lemmy.world to c/usenet@lemmy.world

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Now that the /r/usenet mods essentially killed off the community without creating an 'official' backup community I wonder where to go? This seems like the lemmy community with the most subscribers at least. Or are there any other places around?

Thankfully archive.org has fairly recent copies of all the information in the wiki.

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[–] jgrim@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I believe there is a way to export Reddit data and import into Lemmy.

I’d be willing to try that out for your community. However, I’m the admin of https://discuss.online

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 1 points 2 years ago

I just looked into it. Doesn't look like you can do this for private subreddits :( It makes sense, I guess.

[–] usenetfightclub@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i am sure the usenet sub will be back but they really half assed it when they closed it. did they give like 8 hours notice? ironically usenet is the best place to go. this whole fediverse thing is like trying to recreate the wheel when you have usenet here already ready for the discussions. not sure if the masses could handle it though since there are no good apps.

there is a squabbles https://squabbles.io/s/usenet and a kbin https://kbin.social/m/usenet Seems like things are just fracturing so much though especially for a small sub like r/usenet

[–] adamcrussell 1 points 2 years ago

Several years back people upset with a Slashdot redesign started using comp.misc. It has maintained a decent level of activity. Could be something to try out.

[–] erre@lemmie.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Don't have an answer but would also like to know.

[–] Ibsurfin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Message the owner of NewsDemon. He will give you a free text only Usenet account.

[–] alien@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

But do you know which group in particular? I know there is alt.reddit.usenet but it is not a lot of message for now.