Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dan Purgert Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.fan.usenet Subject: Re: If you were to design a netnews protocol today... Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 09:39:00 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:39:01 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="be904645b0ac92b7abcd8ca08bfc1d1d"; logging-data="4085629"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19ua/twoX5KulaseyQVWB6dPV0qV/Ls3KY=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:iuBofuNTXKf35zfA/HrVJ5VsivI= Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:25433 alt.fan.usenet:836 On 2024-08-08, Grant Taylor wrote: > On 8/7/24 20:29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> You could just use something like Mastodon, and move to the Fediverse. > > Mastodon / Fediverse isn't feature compatible. Not the least of which > is that Usenet servers are local copies of things posted to servers. Every time I look at it, I get the feeling that mastodon/fediverse is a half thought-out "hey wouldn't it be cool if ... " type thing that only came about because people think "The Web" is synonymous with "The Internet". Or maybe it's just the marketing-speak on their websites ... > [...] > It's relatively easy to link two disconnected NNTP networks with > something like a mag' tape in a station wagon. You can't do that with > very many networking technologies. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tape hurtling down the freeway :) (or however that went) -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860