@lispi314 usenet is a ghost town (I do want to undo this sobehow)
@ellenor2000 Aye, and yes.
A lot of good ideas there, and unlike *many* other protocols and standards, it lends itself exceedingly well to #AsynchronousCommunication, as it was in fact a major design consideration.
It makes its use away from the #clearnet, or indeed away from any network or peer outside of occasional synchronization, a definite option.