News.com is proclaiming the death of Usenet because MSN is dropping their newsfeed. If anything, this will probably make Usenet healthier. I’m sure that hardcore newsniks would probably like AOL to drop their newsfeed as well. Usenet is probably the best example of how a forum can become worthless when it grows too quickly. As Yogi Berra said, “Nobody goes there anymore; it’s too crowded.”