Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??
AJL <[email protected]> Sun, 1 Feb 2026 10:03:32 -0700
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.linux |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 2/1/2026 9:24 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: > FWIW, I already used/managed a NetNews/Usenet system in the early > 80s. Used RFA (Remote File Access) before NFS (Network File System) > even existed and UUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy) to receive/send articles > from/to other systems. And yes, the user used a *program* (called > 'notes' [1])! My Earthlink dialup subscription provided Usenet at the time which is where I got hooked. I also frequented some bulletin boards. Good old days...