Im sorry if you get this alllll the time. I didnt know what else to do. Anyone ever used usenet as a means of escapism when you world is being turned upside down around you. I dunno, for some reason thats all ive done all week. But i know we all have stuff going on, and i appreciate that. But for whatever reason downloading absolutely pointless things and filling up a 3tb hard disks in less than a week, is some how helping. But the stuff im looking for i believe is old, which a lot of indexers disregard i think, so im hope that someone here has a spare DogNZB invite gathering dust. Im happy to trade something for it. i have torrentday invites which i can give, but because of events out of my control i am utterly broke. It would be infinitely appreciated if someone is able to provide. thank you

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38078660

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I typically see NZBGeek recommended, so I have never used another indexer. Is there anything I am missing out on?

Hi. I'm New to Lemmy and only started using UseNet a couple of months ago.

I’ve been waiting for Drunkenslug to open but have constantly lost out whenever it does open due to family stuff and taking care of my now 8 month old.

If anyone would be so kind as to send me an invite, I would be really grateful!

hi there, im a newbie.

Is usenet still the way to go and safe in its use with a vpn as normal "consumer"?

Or can it get tracked down like torrenting? i love to have offline access to my media, so streaming isn`t my favor, thats why i landed here. :)

Hey y'all! I'm pretty new to usenet and kind of overwhlemed with how many trackers are private. I got my eyes on DrunkenSlug and DOGnzb but it seems damn near impossible to get in. I got an NZBGeek subscription but want to diversify.

Any tips? For those who are "in" HOW DID YOU DO IT!! Thank you in advanced :)

Drunken slug is currently in open registration

Anyone have a spare? I've been waiting for it to open up again, but I'm starting to lose hope...

If you would be so kind as to bestow one upon me I would be ever-so grateful!

EDIT: defunct_punk followed through and got me an invite! Thank you!

Hi all,

I was wondering if any of you fine people could hook me up with a Drunkenslug invite?

Thanks!

[Solved thanks to @tal. See instructions below.]

I'd like to subscribe and occasionally post to some usenet newsgroup like sci.physics or sci.physics.research. It's difficult! I tried to simply enter "sci.physics" in Thunderbird's Newsgroup reader, but apparently it doesn't work simply like that... Even subscribing to news.eternal-september.org didn't help – I think my understanding of providers and groups is very confused.

Could anyone kindly help?

Newbie question: is there any benefit of invite only indexers over good (paid) open indexers?

If yes, what is it? Or is "invite only" policy, only a marketing strategy? I just started and I don't know much but seeing people asking for drunken slug invites makes me want one, even though I have no idea what's behind those closed doors.

I would appreciate if someone can share an invite

Thanks

Wishing for a drunken slug invite if anyone have any 🙏

Been looking for one for months but this one’s very elusive 🥺

Hi Everyone

I am new here, I have been looking for an invite to Drunkenslug for a while, is there anyone here who can help me?

I have 5 invites available for Nzbplanet, reply or DM for an invite.

It would be much appreciated! Thanks! kind regards

I have a few indexers and providers and I have some missing material, I am hoping the slug can fill in the gaps. Thanks

When should I be concerned whether or not a provider comes with a newsreader?

Hello! I am looking for a drunken slug invite. While I have experience with private torrent communities, the usenet is new and exciting to me.

If anyone could help I would appreciate it.

Hi,

Lately I've been looking into Usenet, and maybe this time I was planning to try it out (I am aware of Usenet since circa 2000s, so I sort of know what it is).

Still there are some things I still didn't figure out:

• from what I see a Usenet provider and an indexer is required. And from what I gather, both are paid (indexer not exclusively paid but its better). Considering what Usenet is used for, is it sort if a requirement to pay in btc?
• what sort of content is usually Usenet more useful for?
• for what I see, Usenet tends to use SSL like the rest of the web. However, i would argue it gives to the ISP the visibility that you are in fact at least starting/ending connections to Usenet. Is this an issue? If so, does it make VPN a mandatory requirement? Or orbot for that matter
• one thing that bothers me greatly: I've checked the privacy policy for the most 3 known providers (news hosting, Usenet server and euweka) and, first of all, i find incredibly sus that these seemingly 3 different providers have a sort of copy pasted privacy policy. Then, I noticed there is this magic line on it

Communicate with you about products, services, promotions, events, and other news and information we think will be of interest to you.

So I assume they are selling data somehow to advertisers?