Most major ISP's have dropped usenet all together, it forced me to find
a free usenet service elsewhere to use. Combine that with a whole
generation that has never heard of usenet, and things like AOL and
Google Groups that allow people to participate in usenet groups whilst
believing they are in a google group don't help either. I wish I had a
dollar for each time someone posted something they wanted, then when
asked their location said "just look at my profile" not realizing that
the majority of the participants are on usenet where there is no concept
of profiles.