XPost: alt.comp.linux, alt.comp.software.thunderbird
From: this@ddress.is.invalid
Daniel70 wrote:
> On 11/02/2026 5:55 am, Frank Slootweg wrote:
[...]
> > I'm not too optimistic about the longevity of Usenet either, but the
> > Death of Usenet has already been proclaimed so many times and there
> > *are* some young(er) posters.
>
> How many former "UseNet" (??) posters thought "UseNet" died the day
> Google-Groups died .... because THAT was THE only way to post to UseNet??
Like your "(??)" already indicates, most - if not all - were *not*
Usenet posters, because they had no idea what Usenet was. For them they
were just another set of Google Groups groups.
> I know of one of the more numerous posters in one of my other Usenet
> groups who hasn't been heard of since that day!!
Exactly, (s)he didn't know that there was such a thing as Usenet, so
for hir it just stopped and (s)he could not come 'back' on it.
> > As I mentioned in another thread, one poster in his early twenties
> > (~25), several from ~42 to ~49 and quite a few to ~70 (including you
> > :-))
>
> Almost me .... 70 in October!!
[...]
BTW, back to your original question "But is UseNet "Social Media"??":
I remember that when I had to apply for my ESTA [1] [2]'visa' for the
US, one of the questions is about Social Media and I filled in this,
just to be on the safe side:
"SOCIAL MEDIA (OPTIONAL)
Provider / Platform Social Media Identifier Other Platform / Provider
Other FRANK SLOOTWEG USENET"
YES, THE ESTA DATA IS ALL CAPS! :-)
Luckily, I didn't have to show 'Usenet' at entry into the US, because
I only had my phone, so no usable newsreader.
[1] Electronic System for Travel Authorization
[2] Like your eVisitor visa.
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