Newsgroups

what newsgroups to you visit progriders?

the only ones I find really go on nowadays are rec.games.roguelike.development and de.comp.os.unix.linux.*

are there others that are still active and not filled with spam?

general newsgroup/usenet discussion?

do any ISPS offer it anymore?

what was the real reason for stopping service? copyright or muh chilluns?

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do ISPs still offer it

I think, like indie dial up ISPs, actual newsgroup based discussion is more of a European thing at this point, I just get it from SDF. I'm not sure if I used SDF AS my ISP if Usenet access would be available. I don't actually know if ISPs were legally required to end access or if 99.99% of ISPs just stopped offering access (considering in America, that's basically Comcast and Time Warner)

what was the real reason for stopping service? copyright or muh chilluns

Well, considering the fact that the FBI would sooner fill a honeypot with CP than copyrighted content, I would imagine it's the former. They don't give a fuck about children.