Gemini Usenet Newsgroup

[Alan]

I haven't used Usenet before but if there was an easy and costless way 
to use it (as there appears to be, based on the tutorial you linked) 
then I would certainly try it as an alternative to the mailing list. My 
initial thought was that there is no real reason to move away from the 
mailing list but it would actually be convenient to separate these 
discussions from my other emails (this is the only mailing list I use).

I suspect we would need to keep the mailing list and mirror it to Usenet 
though, as having Usenet as the only means of accessing community 
discussions would raise the barrier to entry to quite a high level IMO.

On 27/09/2021 10:39, Jason Evans wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If anyone is interested, I can start putting together a proposal for a
> Gemini Usenet newsgroup. comp.infosystems.gopher is still around and
> active. A new comp.infosystems.gemini could be created in the classic
> Usenet Big-8 hierarchies but we need people who are willing to say that
> they would use it before it could be created.
>
> Full disclosure: I am a member of the Usenet Big-8 Management Board
> which creates and manages the Big-8 Usenet Hierarchies. see:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_8_(Usenet) and https://big-8.org and
> we are looking to create groups for people who want to use Usenet. We're
> not for profit and we don't make any money except enough to cover expenses.
>
> Jason
>