XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/1/2026 9:33 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
      
   >   
   > "Usenet, conceived by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979 at the   
   >   University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, was   
   >   the first open social media app, established in 1980."   
   >   
   >    So I guess that settles it once and for all! :-)   
      
      
   "social media app"? Usenet was an "app"? I think it's a mistake. :)   
      
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