Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix5.panix.com!not-for-mail From: steveo@panix.com (Steven M. O'Neill) Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.fan.usenet Subject: Re: If you were to design a netnews protocol today... Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:11:43 -0000 (UTC) Organization: The process of turning a pinto bean into a kidney Message-ID: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Injection-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:11:43 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix5.panix.com:166.84.1.5"; logging-data="3888"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:25518 alt.fan.usenet:875 Grant Taylor wrote: >On 8/8/24 02:32, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> It's a complete rethinking of the way distributed social media is >> supposed to work. > >So what. > >Usenet is not social media. ObDevilsAdvocate: Usenet is the original social medium. -- Steven O'Neill steveo@panix.com Brooklyn, NY http://www.panix.com/~steveo