XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 19:21:52 +1100, Daniel70   
   [...]   
   > >But is UseNet "Social Media"??   
   >   
   > Usenet can be a social medium, and is sometimes used as such, if one   
   > defines a socuial mediun as one through which people have social   
   > intoercourse with one another. But the nechnical newsgroups are   
   > certainly not social media, and some of the other ngs, though they may   
   > have some social chitchat are not primarily social media.   
      
     That kind of reasoning has its problems, because that would mean that   
   'technical' forums on media which clearly *are 'social media', i.e.   
   Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, etc., would make these 'social media' stop   
   being 'social media'.   
      
   [...]   
      
   > How does the Australian legislation deine it?   
      
     Good point! Let's get all the banned youngsters on Usenet! Usenet has   
   no owner, so no government can ban it, nor block/fine/etc. it! (Just   
   kidding.)   
      
     But let's keep it simple: Usenet just is social media for oldies like   
   us, i.e. even more embarrasing for youngsters than ... blech ...   
   Facebook.   
      
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