Bittorrent vs. Newsgroups

[Dr_Budweiser]

I use and prefer BitTorrent

[messi30]

Bittorrent its better for far

[t0mmy]

bitorrent ftw, i dont want to go to usenet as it looks more complicated lol :]

[jiveshbhatti]

bittorrent all the way.

[tomy2006]

Thanks MAN

[XtriBit]

I use torrents, but I know a guy that uses a newgroups. Other than the no uploading part, I don't think I would care for newgroups.

[burtz]

i use bittorrent mostly but my friend once let me use his usenet account and i think the speeds are much better (no upload, just download. makes sense ). so i'd say newsgroups, but i'll stick with bittorrent because i couldn't afford a subscription for now.

[lsw0794]

i like bt zhan newsgroup

[$SnoopDo2G$]

Newsgroups
+
For the security and no need to seed back but you can still upload there...
-
Have to pay a monthly fee,(but if you clever you will never pay don't pm me about it...)
And Retention shit sucks...

BitTorrent
+
For the large variety of content, and big big community.
-
But problem with security, ip's recorded, and shit like that sites goin' down...
Being targeted by few organizations, not appreciated by the Real Scene...

[nsap]

Newsgroups
+
For the security and no need to seed back but you can still upload there...
-
Have to pay a monthly fee,(but if you clever you will never pay don't pm me about it...)
And Retention shit sucks...

BitTorrent
+
For the large variety of content, and big big community.
-
But problem with security, ip's recorded, and shit like that sites goin' down...
Being targeted by few organizations, not appreciated by the Real Scene...

Newgroups have an incredible selection of content, new and old, and in the right places, excellent communities. That is, after all the point of newsgroups - feel free to venture outside the binaries and actually read some posts at some point.

The only real plus to torrents is the price.