Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jonathan Lamothe Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:56:46 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: <874ijfebv5.fsf@posteo.de> References: <10n5v7t$36bss$1@dont-email.me> <69972954.14766.news.afc@realitycheckbbs.org> <10vgp13$1c9q2$4@dont-email.me> <10vhssa$u67$1@nntp.sonologic.net> <10vrl83$8f0a$5@dont-email.me> <10vs7ve$5eb$1@nntp.sonologic.net> <10vu2q8$viq0$1@dont-email.me> <10vu3dp$16jm$2@nntp.sonologic.net> <20260605172808.cd2587c4015a0bac2f5d83ee@127.0.0.1> <1780678020-14325@newsgrouper.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:56:46 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="2149062"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX196Oxhu8rxL1dga6ThaJib/Vf9IyDa+6KA="; posting-host="967c56aed18a93275457f7ddde6a36a9" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Uw9TGOf3dPmnIgjsDGHXrJk3rXs= sha1:r58GzITdjg6W5WF53J23Gh1MvgQ= sha256:l1VwNS+8rQ9Vh6a9bKX5XxWC53GAbVjTb791egMi32c= sha1:THsZl63jhoJEBKiS/swSR9WvurY= Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:234925 SpallsHurgenson(NG) writes: > "Kerr-Mudd, John" posted: > > > >> What's wanted is a platform with a threaded heirarchal message >> system^w^w^w^w an exact clone of Usenet that's fast and has lots of >> intelligent traffic, that attracts well behaved folk, yet keeps out the >> troll idiots. >> One can dream. > > > If I can add to that: text only too. No emoji, no images. Keep it about > the message, not the fluff. > > (I'm on the fence with stuff like text-effects like bold and italics. We > can discuss hyperlinking. ;-) > > Or is that too old-school? > > > (More importantly though: the ideal system would have to be decentralized. > Usenet wouldn't survived as long as it did if it were dependent on a single > provider.) I would push back slightly on the no emoji thing, not because I feel any particular way about emoji themselves, but if you want this system to be able to serve non English-speaking users, Unicode support would be the best (though admittedly imperfect) tool we've currently got for that purpose. -- Regards, Jonathan Lamothe https://jlamothe.net - PGP: 9CF2CE03EBF08E8C8B66C3660198463E3CF3FFD1 I � Unicode