Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??
Daniel70 <[email protected]> Mon, 2 Feb 2026 20:12:01 +1100
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.linux |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 2/02/2026 4:03 am, AJL wrote: > 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... > Never did BBSs ... but I guess UseNet is not much more than many BBSs (i.e. ISPs/NSPs) being interconnected. -- Daniel70