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[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From my small understanding, usenet was like several forums loosely connected to one another, many servers are used mainly for filesharing. Every time I've checked some servers, all of them had a paywall to create an account.

Think fediverse less features more text