Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??

On 2026-02-03 04:59, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 12:45:57 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-02-02 05:36, Steve Hayes wrote:
>>> 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?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
> 
> A long but not very useful answer.
> 
> Perhaps I should reword my question: Usenet can't be called an "app",
> so what DO you call it?

Usenet, a portmanteau of User's Network, is a worldwide distributed 
discussion system available on computers.

The first phrase. The wikipedia has usually being subject to a lot of 
discussion.

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Cheers, Carlos.
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