Re: Briding Usenet to other social networks?

On 12/02/2026 2:42 am, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 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:

How long ago was this?? I thought Trump only brought in the requirement 
in the last twelve months or so.

> "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.
> 
I'm not a frequent International Traveller .... Europe/UK back in 1987 
(first ever Passport) for my youngest sister's wedding in Scotland and 
then Hong Kong/China in 1996 ... so, in theory, I could have 'done' this 
trip on my first (Ten year) Passport, but HK required I obtain a new 
Passport. No Problem!

That's it, Two OS trips, Two Passports!!
-- 
Daniel70