Re: Briding Usenet to other social networks?

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:29:18 +0800

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On 2/9/2026 9:38 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 13:14:32 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> 
>> If someone (maybe a student from IT) could write bridges or gateways
>> to sync Usenet with modern social networks like Facebook, Threads,
>> Reddit, etc!! It isn't difficult, right? Because Echomail of Fidonet
>> did it!! :)
> 
> We already had all that spam crap from Google Groups back when they
> were gatewaying Usenet, the last thing we need is for the spam crap to
> return from a new source.

Does Usenet have a general chit-chat newsgroup? Just dump them into it? :)


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