@f8d9bc1c I recall and miss using an Emacs Usenet client to chat among friends on a Linux netsec board 20 years ago. I fondly recall user “Luke” posting “ring, ring, Neo” and waiting for my reply before he dialed me (from Australia!) to surprise me (I’m American). I miss Usenet chat. 
Now it is just a service that I use as a utility for pulling in binary data using a suite of software that decrypts gobbledygook posted in text form to forums that I’m unfamiliar with.