Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Huge Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Whats left of Usenet? Date: 6 Aug 2016 15:38:42 GMT Organization: Piglet's Pickles & Preserves Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: usenet@huge.org.uk X-Trace: individual.net 4VyDuPtid286c/aaDvpI+AfcbzlsZXecJTAuXSrom/dmhw6t7Q Cancel-Lock: sha1:ftD/Z0suHDSU7jaw9dphw1KwWXg= X-No-Archive: Yes X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:11678 On 2016-08-06, Rich wrote: > Whiskers wrote: >> On 2016-08-06, RS Wood wrote: >>> On 2016-08-05, Whiskers wrote: >>>> On 2016-08-03, British Rocket Group wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> I think Usenet is exactly what it's always been: its strengths are >>> still strengths and its warts are still warts. But overall volume is >>> down by probably 90% in my experience. >>> >>> I still wouldn't trade it for anything else, dammit. Anyone want to >>> help me write the next-gen replacement for it? >> >> I don't think Usenet needs a replacement, it works just fine. Any >> attempt to 'replace' it would meet resistance from its users. >> >> Something 'better' than Twitter or Facebook, now that would be >> interesting. Remove the proprietary barrier and commercial profits for >> a start. > > Other than message length limits, (ignoring ad revenue, fad of the day, > etc. items) what significant difference is there between Usenet and > Twitter? Segregation by topic. -- Today is Pungenday, the 72nd day of Confusion in the YOLD 3182 I don't have an attitude problem. If you have a problem with my attitude, that's your problem.