i actually never stopped to look… i know clients can poll the server for article and post to groups if the server allows it, but I don’t actually know if the servers all sync up on a cadence and dump massive amounts of data or if they only check for articles to satisfy client requests.
it might be a mix of both?
I’ve never used it, but I’ve been told that usenet is similar
it is, except usenet isn’t exactly in realtime
How does it work if its not in real time? Does it all get updated every night or something?
i actually never stopped to look… i know clients can poll the server for article and post to groups if the server allows it, but I don’t actually know if the servers all sync up on a cadence and dump massive amounts of data or if they only check for articles to satisfy client requests. it might be a mix of both?