How does this work? My older brother used Usenet, I’d like to join but am a noob.
Easy, get automation software like Radarr for movies and Sonarr for tv shows, add indexers like Drunkenslug to them, install and connect SABNZBD as the download client to Sonarr and Radarr and lets roll
You forgot the most important part, subscribe to a usenet provider. Your usenet download client can’t download anything without a provider.
Sorry, you’re right
Drunkenslug isn’t a provider? Sorry for the boob question.
Nah drunkenslug is an indexer. You need both an indexer and provider to use usenet. Indexers normally cost money via a donation for lifetime or 1 year of download privilege.
Providers you pay for via different plan types. Some sell “block” accounts where you get XGB of download and once it’s gone it’s gone. Some have a subscription model with a bandwidth allotment. Some have pay a flat fee for unlimited access. All depends on what you’re willing to pay.
R/usenetproviders has a wiki but I recommend Eweka or NewsDemon
Does Usenet require VPN or similar?
No, all traffic is encrypted via SSL so your isp doesn’t know what you’re doing
In addition, you only download and never upload. Seeding is the ground under which torrent users are prosecuted.
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Oh God I hope you’re banned quickly
Just block the bot, mate
No. Its the amplification of the message that is the problem.
What, why?
Because the more attention the platform gets the more likely corps put time towards shutting it down.
I think you overestimate how hidden we are. Anyway if anyone doesn’t want it, they can tag their post to skip it.
I would agree with this but I still think having an opt-out for bot replies is important. That opt-out shouldn’t be compliance.
If blocking the bot prevented their interaction with users and the posts/comments those users make that would be a good solution, but as is blocking is just an “eww I don’t like this, I don’t want to see it” instead of “This entity will not be able to interract with my account/posts”. In this case there is concern regarding the bot’s behavior, and the unwanted exposure it gives to users who may not want it, which blocking doesn’t solve because it doesn’t provide an opt-out from replies, just to stop seeing the replies.
If you don’t want the bot to interact with your post you can just hashtag your post accordingly
That’s not opt out, that’s compliance. People are able to not hashtag posts on Mastodon.
Community rules vs personal action
