Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]> Sun, 1 Feb 2026 20:34:20 +0800

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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! :)

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