From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Sun, 4 Feb 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   >> This, in my opinion, is not the adrenaline loaded minute   
   >> by minute interaction of social media and other modern   
   >> platform. I see this space as a mix of the worst and the   
   >> best the new has to offer in a form of gentlemans cocktail   
   >> of slow communication. ;)   
   >   
   > I can dig it. Another of my posts this go around mentioned the   
   > word 'moderation'. What feels right these days are replies several   
   > paragraphs long every couple days. Something like that.   
   >   
   > That's in contrast to writing much longer tomes in another newsgroup   
   > back in the earlier 1993s. Indeed, I was in USENET before the   
   > dreaded September. :-)   
      
   Same here, but only briefly and I left before the dreaded september and   
   only got back into the game recently. My great hope is that since google   
   is about to abandon usenet for good, the quality will increase and the   
   spam decrease. Let's see what happens!   
      
   > But I never got into social media. I had a Facebook account for a   
   > couple months, but just didn't like it... nor did I like Twitter.   
      
   Neither did I. No twitter or facebook. I do read/write on mastodon from   
   time to time but it's mostly for light entertainment and memes, and   
   nothing serious. I find the GUI there absolutely horrible for serious   
   discussion.   
      
   So my long form is mostly on mailinglists. I think my record together   
   with another guy was probably 100 pages or so if accumulated discussion.   
      
   My semi-longform is usenet (let's see if it sticks or if I leave after a   
   while, but so far I've been enjoying it and the spam is not that bad)   
   and the short-form is mastodon.   
      
   >> The gemini project I do not understand at all. It seems   
   >> like they want to have their cake and eat it too, which   
   >> never works.   
   >   
   > "Geminauts" seemed mostly people half my age or more. I don't   
   > have a problem with that. In fact, having a finger on the pulse of   
   > youth fascinates me. But I got the feeling they couldn't deal with   
   > people too much older. But maybe I simply misread their "smolnet"   
   > culture...?   
      
   Well, I discovered that the older you get, the more common it becomes to   
   have to interact with the young ones. ;)   
      
   Best regards,   
   Daniel   
      
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