XPost: alt.comp.linux, alt.comp.software.thunderbird   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/2/9 1:38:57, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 13:14:32 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   >   
   >> If someone (maybe a student from IT) could write bridges or gateways   
   >> to sync Usenet with modern social networks like Facebook, Threads,   
   >> Reddit, etc!! It isn't difficult, right? Because Echomail of Fidonet   
   >> did it!! :)   
   >   
   > We already had all that spam crap from Google Groups back when they   
   > were gatewaying Usenet, the last thing we need is for the spam crap to   
   > return from a new source.   
      
   Yes and no; I do agree with what you say, that GG was often a pain. But,   
   usenet will die on the vine - I doubt it will make 20 years, it might be   
   less than five - unless it gets _some_ new users.   
      
   As I've already posted, I suspect such a gateway won't happen - not for   
   technical reasons, but for administrative: the individual operators of   
   the "modern social networks" won't have it, either because they have a   
   personal objection to the idea, or (to be fair I suspect more likely)   
   because they anticipate legal trouble if they were to carry material of   
   such varied (and to some extent untraceable) source[s].   
      
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