Re: Briding Usenet to other social networks?

J. P. Gilliver <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.

  I'm not too optimistic about the longevity of Usenet either, but the
Death of Usenet has already been proclaimed so many times and there
*are* some young(er) posters. As I mentioned in another thread, one
poster in his early twenties (~25), several from ~42 to ~49 and quite a
few to ~70 (including you :-)). So with the ever increasing life
expectancy, we still might have 20 years of Usenet.

  Well, hope springs eternal, doesn't it!? :-)

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