XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 12:45:57 +0100, "Carlos E.R."   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2026-02-02 05:36, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 22:54:39 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"  wrote:   
   >>> 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. :)   
   >>   
   >> A newsreader is an app (app is an abbreviation for "application   
   >> program").   
   >>   
   >> Windows 11 will have one set of apps to a\ccess Usenet, and Linux   
   >> another.   
   >>   
   >> But Usenet itself is not an app. What is it?   
   >   
   >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet   
      
   A long but not very useful answer.   
      
   Perhaps I should reword my question: Usenet can't be called an "app",   
   so what DO you call it?   
      
      
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