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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Steven M. O'Neill   
   Re: If you were to design a netnews prot   
   16 Aug 24 02:07:42   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.usenet   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:11:43 -0000 (UTC), Steven M. O'Neill wrote:   
      
   > Grant Taylor   wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 8/8/24 02:32, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> It's a complete rethinking of the way distributed social media is   
   >>> supposed to work.   
   >>   
   >>Usenet is not social media.   
   >   
   > ObDevilsAdvocate: Usenet is the original social medium.   
      
   Absolutely. And the centralization introduced by the web-based successors   
   (at least the proprietary ones) is a definite step back.   
      
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