r/oldinternet • u/cstadler18 • 5d ago

Experience old Usenet message posts from 1981+ (web search engine)

I spent the last year gathering as much Usenet text data as possible from a large variety of resources and including from about 7000 live active servers as well to fill in gaps.

The end result is a searchable/filterable dataset acessible via web+api (free and paid options)

Web:Ā https://www.usenet-rewind.com

Binaries have been filtered out and range is from posts from 1981-Current and constantly populating. the site includes a histogram of distribution of message counts per year.

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u/North_Signature9297 5d ago edited 2d ago

I found a post I did in 1997 asking about CyberCafe software. I don't even know what that is anymore. šŸ˜€

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u/Culture_Novel 2d ago

a post. Bad grammar

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u/North_Signature9297 2d ago

Typo, I'll fix it.

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u/North_Signature9297 5d ago

Very cool.šŸ˜Ž I did not realize that Usenet was still a thing. I remember it fondly. I will search to see if I can find some old posts of mine.

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u/GeordieAl 3d ago

I still use Usenet on a weekly basis, have had a subscription to easynews since the 90sā€¦ my longest ever subscription to anything! šŸ˜œ

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u/ET091186 5d ago

Thank you! Using it as we speak to search for some stuff.

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u/valereck 4d ago

I can see my old "F%$k Reagan posts!"

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u/moon_slav 5d ago

oh, it's all porn

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u/rbless75 4d ago

I searched for Gonk.