XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 1/02/2026 8:38 pm, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   > On 2/1/2026 4:21 PM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Whilst I doubt there were many under-16's using UseNet, I have heard   
   >> some suggest that it is a "Social Media".   
   >>   
   >> Facebook ... Sure!   
   >> X ... Sure!   
   >> Instagram .... Sure!   
   >> Youtube .... Some would suggest it is "Social Media", too.   
   >>   
   >> ... and there are probably others I can't think of or have Never heard   
   >> of.   
   >>   
   >> But is UseNet "Social Media"??   
   >   
   > Usenet is "fully duplex", so it's social media because you can   
   > communicate with each others. :)   
      
   Yeap, aware of that .... I just guessed that as UseNet was around for   
   sooooo long before the others came into being, I just never associated   
   UseNet with "Social Media".   
      
   > The same goes to Fidonet BBS.   
   >   
   Never got into BBS's so couldn't possibly comment.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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