In my tech bubble I felt at home in the text world and tools of Usenet. The only major problem was the increase in spam in later years.
But @Edent made a good point about how a user experience not tailored to the mainstream public contributed to Usenet's irrelevance.
@amoroso Interestingly, everything he points out as negative is a positive to me, but maybe that is because I used, and still use, Usenet very differently.
To me, organisation in groups, great. No centralised moderation, great. Text-oriented format with separate binary groups, absolutely great. No likes and dislikes (i.e., no clout chasers) and no character limits facilitating misinterpretations. Just people freely speaking their minds.
Usenet is a protocol perfectly designed for open discussion. When webforums appeared, I knew we were going backwards.
@josemanuel @Edent Me too, but that's why I included myself in a tech bubble. Let's hope the recent developments of social platforms will have people at least look into the ideas of Usenet.