XPost: alt.fan.usenet   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:37:07 +0300   
   Anton Shepelev  wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro:   
   >   
   > > Grant Taylor:   
   > >   
   > > > Usenet is not social media.   
   > >   
   > > Which of those words do you think does not apply?   
   >   
   > The noun should be singular, for Usenet is a medium.  As for   
   > the adjective, `social' has grown so inflated, discredited,   
   > and besmirched by its use in "social network" and "social   
   > platform" as actually to accrue negative connotations on its   
   > own. It is for the lack of the vicious features of social   
   > media that I love Usenet, so how can I call it that?  No,   
   > Usenet is a medium for public discussions.   
   >   
   I guess that most viscious trolls moved over to privately owned "social   
   media" platforms, but there were troublemakers from fairly early on.   
      
   PS &OT, today I went for a drink in a Social Club; it was astoundingly non-   
   social, the other people were focussed on their mobile phones. So I did   
   likewise.   
      
      
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