Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??

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On 2026-02-04 03:59, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 12:50:28 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
> <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/2/2026 11:49 PM, Anssi Saari wrote:
>>> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:
>>>
>>>> For some strange reason, Fidonet continued working in Rusia after it
>>>> stopped in Europe. They took over the development of software, too.
>>>
>>> I still see people post to Usenet from Fidonet on occasion.
>>
>> There was a bridging program that could sync a Usenet newsgroup to an
>> Echomail group back then. :)
>>
>> And Echomail has offline readers, allowing you to post as well.
> 
> I first encountered Usenet when some newsgroups were gated to Fidonet,
> this one among them.
> 
> Most popular offline readers were BlueWave and Silver Xpress. I still
> have them on my computer, with some saved messages from 30-35 years
> ago.

Bluewave for users. Golded for points, combined with Frontdoor. And 
something else, a processor or something to put messages in their places.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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        Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"?? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-03 12:54 +0800
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        Re: What IS "Social Media"?? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-06 03:12 +0000
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      Re: What IS "Social Media"?? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-02-06 21:23 +1100
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