Misty9999 wrote:

The reason I don't spend much time on Usenet anymore is because the
Wild West aspects of it are now just boring. The only unmoderated
groups that are readable are the non-controversial ones. Home
improvement groups , some of the comp groups etc.

Home improvement groups are non-controversial? I haven't looked
at Usenet home improvement groups, but home improvement is one
of the forbidden categories of discussion in the lunchroom at
work. Religion is not....