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   Mr. Man-wai Chang to Anssi Saari   
   Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??   
   03 Feb 26 12:50:28   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/2/2026 11:49 PM, Anssi Saari wrote:   
   > "Carlos E.R."  writes:   
   >   
   >> For some strange reason, Fidonet continued working in Rusia after it   
   >> stopped in Europe. They took over the development of software, too.   
   >   
   > I still see people post to Usenet from Fidonet on occasion.   
      
   There was a bridging program that could sync a Usenet newsgroup to an   
   Echomail group back then. :)   
      
   And Echomail has offline readers, allowing you to post as well.   
      
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