Whatever happened to ye-olde UseNet newsgroups? About the only use I've heard for them lately, is pictures and video. And the subscription fees for that are pretty nasty. I remember that many ISPs offered free newsgroup access, but that was back in the days when text was the primary use for said medium.
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