Microcontroller NG

The Raspberry Pi has a newsgroup, it was created soon after it came out, and one of the relative few created in recent years. ANd it's not an alt newsgroup, though I can't remember the title.

One thing to watch, it may not have been added to whatever newsserver you use. That sort of thing may not be as automatic as in the past.

The sad reality is that virtually nobody new is coming to newsgroups, and the online population dwarfs the population that uses Usenet, so most everything new goes to webforums and twitter and likely facebook. Most old newsgroups have declined a lot in traffic, and even if one put a lot of effort into resurrecting an old newsgroup, chances are it still wouldn't attract much attention. IN retrospect, the newcomer was a key ingredient to any newsgroup, a constant flow of newcomers (who often backed away soon after their first post) being a catalyst for the oldtimes. Once that flow stopped, the oldtimers started disappearing too.

Michael

THat's because the majority of it is programming..

Jamie

I am somewhat disappointed at the lack of newsgroups dedicated to microcontrollers. Specifically the more popular ones such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Propeller, Basic Stamp, etc. The existing groups (alt.microcontrollers and alt.microcontrollers.8bit) have shown little to no activity in recent years. With the increased popularity of these amazing devices it would seem wise to start a new group specific to our interests. Creating a new group seems a little daunting to me. Is there anyone out there with usenet experience that would take on the project of starting a new group? Everyone, please let me know your thoughts.

-slackmeister

You have tried the arduino site ?? there is always plenty going on in the discussion or help pages.

The Arduino site has been one of the best sites for info and tutorials. I just wanted to see if there was enough interest out there for a Usenet group. I've been using Usenet for a long time and am just in the habit of going there when I have questions.

Have a look at c.a.embedded. It is not specifically devoted to the popular ones you mentioned, but threads tend to be quite interesting. For Raspberry, c.s.raspberry-pi is a place to look.

Pere