On: Ask HN: Which should I use: Yahoo Groups, Facebook Groups or Google Groups?

[ody]

You could setup your own NNTP server: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_News_Transfer_Protocol

[Tichy → ody]

Nobody has access to NNTP anymore. You could complement it with a web gateway perhaps - what are good open source ones?

[ody → Tichy]

NNTP is alive and strong. Google groups includes most usenet groups for example. Yeah, most ISPs don't give out free access any more but just google for "news server access".

[Tichy → ody]

I have tried for a while in Germany, but eventually just gave up. Maybe you have it better in the US.

So what would be a free news server everybody can access? You should be able to name one, the one you are using for instance?

Google Groups - true, but Google doesn't have a free NNTP server, or do they? I admit I forgot that Google Groups are backed by NNTP.

[ody → Tichy]

I'm in the UK. I use nntp.aioe.org, a quick google brought up www.teranews.com .. hope at least one works out for you.