Re: Briding Usenet to other social networks?

Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/02/2026 5:55 am, Frank Slootweg wrote:
[...]
> > 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.
> 
> How many former "UseNet" (??) posters thought "UseNet" died the day
> Google-Groups died .... because THAT was THE only way to post to UseNet??

  Like your "(??)" already indicates, most - if not all - were *not*
Usenet posters, because they had no idea what Usenet was. For them they
were just another set of Google Groups groups.

> I know of one of the more numerous posters in one of my other Usenet
> groups who hasn't been heard of since that day!!

  Exactly, (s)he didn't know that there was such a thing as Usenet, so
for hir it just stopped and (s)he could not come 'back' on it.

> > 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
> > :-))
> 
> Almost me .... 70 in October!!

[...]

  BTW, back to your original question "But is UseNet "Social Media"??":

  I remember that when I had to apply for my ESTA [1] [2]'visa' for the
US, one of the questions is about Social Media and I filled in this,
just to be on the safe side:

"SOCIAL MEDIA (OPTIONAL)

 Provider / Platform 	Social Media Identifier   Other Platform / Provider 
 Other			FRANK SLOOTWEG		  USENET"

  YES, THE ESTA DATA IS ALL CAPS! :-)

  Luckily, I didn't have to show 'Usenet' at entry into the US, because
I only had my phone, so no usable newsreader.

[1] Electronic System for Travel Authorization

[2] Like your eVisitor visa.