Don't worry about that. Some people just made AI-hate their whole personality. They take pride in fact that they don't understand these new tools and can't use them. That's a relatively new trend, but it'll pass.
What are the advantages of usenet when it comes to your security? Given that you're using VPN anyway. But with usenet you also need to find a way to pay anonymously for it, otherwise what's the point?
What powers your blog? If it's some platform like WordPress, then an RSS feed might be built-in or added with a plugin. Otherwise, you'd have to create and maintain it manually.
That is hardly basic if you aren't a native speaker.