Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??

Mr. Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/2/2026 12:24 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > 
> >    I normally also object to back-dating the use of the term 'app' by
> > several decades, but if you substitute 'app' by 'program' (or
> > 'application', etc.), then for all intents and purposes, for the user,
> > Usenet *was* a program, which read/posted articles from/to the *local*
> > 'spool'. A client program, reading/posting directly from/to a remote
> > news server came only much later. Remember, NetNews/Usenet *predates*
> > the Internet by quite a number of years.
> 
> I disagree! Usenet is a service network, in which apps and programs like 
> newsreaders can use it. Usenet itself is NOT an app nor a program.

  Nitpicking! :-) Note that I said "for the user".

  Any definition/explanation can - and probably will be - debated. For
me, "service network" it quite meaningless, *what* kind of service?
"communication network" isn't much better.

  Anyway, as you don't like Wikipedia's definition, what's *yours*?