Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??
Steve Hayes <[email protected]> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 04:45:40 +0200
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 20:36:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DÿOliveiro <[email protected]> wrote: >On Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:23:43 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote: > >> If you draw a Venn diagram, it would show Usenet and the Internet >> overlapping, but not identical. > >The two started entirely separately, and only started to come together >in about the latter 1990s. > >The main way to propagate Usenet messages prior to that was over >dialup lines as point-to-point links, using a protocol called UUCP. Yes, but now they overlap. I do not use uucp to call the Eternal September newsserver. -- 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