XPost: alt.comp.linux, alt.comp.software.thunderbird   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 12/02/2026 2:42 am, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > 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:   
      
   How long ago was this?? I thought Trump only brought in the requirement   
   in the last twelve months or so.   
      
   > "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.   
   >   
   I'm not a frequent International Traveller .... Europe/UK back in 1987   
   (first ever Passport) for my youngest sister's wedding in Scotland and   
   then Hong Kong/China in 1996 ... so, in theory, I could have 'done' this   
   trip on my first (Ten year) Passport, but HK required I obtain a new   
   Passport. No Problem!   
      
   That's it, Two OS trips, Two Passports!!   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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