Re: Why can't we just "reset" Usenet?

Kacper Docin <[email protected]> writes:

> 02.03.25 | 02:19, Salvador Mirzo <[email protected]>:
>> Steve Bonine <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>
>> By the way, I think Hacker News is almost great---the problem is all on
>> ther the /web/ interface.  There's nothing wrong with the interface;
>> it's just choice of medium that's the problem.  I'd prefer to use a
>> terminal to search, for example, than to visit the web.  I see no point
>> in web forums when we have NNTP.
>>
>> Perhaps we should be talking about extending NNTP clients to be more
>> powerful and extending servers, too, but perhaps we shouldn't---perhaps
>> we should just extend NNTP servers to be used by a telnet or netcat
>> client, which is a lot easier.  (Oops---I totally changed the subject.)
>
> check https://github.com/luke8086/retronews
> its slrn-styled hackernews reader for cli

Wow, thanks!  That looks wondeful.  Maybe it's okay for a forum to be
hosted on the web so long as there are interfaces like this one?  I need
to try and see, but I do like the potential for sure.

  ``The UI showing one message at a time also encourages slower, more
  focused reading.''

That makes perfect sense.

Wow---trying it out for the first time.  Looks wonderful on first
glance.  But it seems I cannot log in and also can't compose replies and
post.  But it seems that's actually possible to do.

What's on my mind is that I think this is a prototype for a new type of
community software.  As the author suggests---he designed a much better
interface than even the original.  Now I even feel like participating in
the Hacker News discussion, which I never did: the web is just so
backwards.