Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??
Steve Hayes <[email protected]> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:36:38 +0200
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.linux |
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| Organization | Khanya Publications |
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On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 22:54:39 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]> wrote: >On 2/1/2026 9:33 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote: > >> >> "Usenet, conceived by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979 at the >> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, was >> the first open social media app, established in 1980." >> >> So I guess that settles it once and for all! :-) > > >"social media app"? Usenet was an "app"? I think it's a mistake. :) A newsreader is an app (app is an abbreviation for "application program"). Windows 11 will have one set of apps to a\ccess Usenet, and Linux another. But Usenet itself is not an app. What is it? -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk