Re: Briding Usenet to other social networks?

On 2026/2/9 1:38:57, 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.

Yes and no; I do agree with what you say, that GG was often a pain. But,
usenet will die on the vine - I doubt it will make 20 years, it might be
less than five - unless it gets _some_ new users.

As I've already posted, I suspect such a gateway won't happen - not for
technical reasons, but for administrative: the individual operators of
the "modern social networks" won't have it, either because they have a
personal objection to the idea, or (to be fair I suspect more likely)
because they anticipate legal trouble if they were to carry material of
such varied (and to some extent untraceable) source[s].

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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf