Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.linux Subject: Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"?? Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 14:17:09 +0100 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <10ln2f4$3ihvu$1@dont-email.me> <10ln6u8$3jrp5$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <10ln974$3kjsq$1@dont-email.me> <10lnh8c$3n810$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 8QLvcVugSFUBIZewmcngmAAgqZ0bjeNjbbtzdR65Y6Y4JukbFn X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:LstcQkteQ04IRKnIDNSWPxE6DOg= sha256:dvkO7mEkCLvdCdgiTBdeBQwcuNZE/8jpYtgh+WELgQw= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10lnh8c$3n810$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:29740 alt.comp.linux:4719 On 2026-02-01 13:34, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: > On 2/1/2026 6:17 PM, Daniel70 wrote: >> On 1/02/2026 8:38 pm, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: >>> >>> The same goes to Fidonet BBS. >>> >> Never got into BBS's so couldn't possibly comment. > > Echomail is the technology used by Fidonet to run a distributed > messaging network like Usenet. Back then, it ran on top of dial-up > modems as slow as 1200 baud. Those were the days! :) For some strange reason, Fidonet continued working in Rusia after it stopped in Europe. They took over the development of software, too. For a while at least, I could participate in Fidonet using internet instead of a modem. Then my uplink failed, his computer broke down and he gave up. Could not find another suitable node. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;