As the title says, I am looking for active newsgroups. I found alt.fan.usenet and alt.usenet.newbies

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    I’m just getting into it myself, the fediverse seems more like what I’m looking for in terms of social media/forums. Usenet is good for binaries but there’s some interesting discussion there too

    alt.fan.usenet alt.folklore.computers alt.privacy comp.infosystems.gemini comp.infosystems.gopher comp.lang.misc comp.misc comp.mobile.android rec.arts.sf.written comp.os.linux comp.os.linux.misc comp.sys.raspberry-pi news.software.readers rec.autos.sport.f1 sci.astro sci.physics.research rec.food.cooking rec.arts.sf.written sci.crypt misc.test news.software.nntp rec.arts.drwho comp.ai alt.comp.os.windows-10 alt.comp.os.windows-11 sci.logic comp.language.python rec.radio.amateur.* uk.radio.amateur.* rec.woodworking rec.arts.sf.tv alt.culture.usenet free.usenet talk.politics.guns soc.culture.usa alt.arts.poetry.comments

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      Excuse the formatting

      alt.fan.usenet

      alt.folklore.computers

      alt.privacy

      comp.infosystems.gemini

      comp.infosystems.gopher

      comp.lang.misc

      comp.misc

      comp.mobile.android

      rec.arts.sf.written

      comp.os.linux

      comp.os.linux.misc

      comp.sys.raspberry-pi

      news.software.readers

      rec.autos.sport.f1

      sci.astro

      sci.physics.research

      rec.food.cooking

      rec.arts.sf.written

      sci.crypt

      misc.test

      news.software.nntp

      rec.arts.drwho

      comp.ai

      alt.comp.os.windows-10

      alt.comp.os.windows-11

      sci.logic

      comp.language.python

      rec.radio.amateur.*

      uk.radio.amateur.*

      rec.woodworking

      rec.arts.sf.tv

      alt.culture.usenet

      free.usenet

      talk.politics.guns

      soc.culture.usa

      alt.arts.poetry.comments

      A good search feature on a client will hopefully find you communities too based on keywords in posts