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   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-03 04:59, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   Usenet, a portmanteau of User's Network, is a worldwide distributed   
   discussion system available on computers.   
      
   The first phrase. The wikipedia has usually being subject to a lot of   
   discussion.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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