XPost: alt.fan.usenet   
   From: anthk@openbsd.home   
      
   On 2024-08-19, D  wrote:   
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   >   
   > On Mon, 19 Aug 2024, Andy K. wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:43:50 +0200   
   >> D wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024, Andy K. wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:32:01 -0000 (UTC)   
   >>>> George Musk wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Just a thought experiment:   
   >>>>> if you could/had to make something like a NNTP 2.0 (with no need for   
   >>>>> backwards compatibility) and server and client software for it today,   
   what   
   >>>>> would it be like?   
   >>>>> In terms of specifications, technologies used, user interface, etc.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Not for nothing, but Secure Scuttlebutt is a pretty cool "next gen   
   >>>> NNTP" option.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Scuttlebutt   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Long time since I heard about it, but doesn't it have scaling problems?   
   >>   
   >> Maybe, but mainly it has discoverability problem. Unless you already   
   >> know a community you want to join, it's these days almost impossible   
   >> to find some public server/group/whatever.   
   >>   
   >> It doesn't help that there are two concepts now - servers (old) and   
   >> rooms (new), and there seems to be a different invite/join process for   
   >> each.   
   >>   
   >> I love SSB conceptually, since it's basically like Usenet in its UUCP   
   >> beginnings (nodes syncing among each other periodically), but it has   
   >> teething problems.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Ahh got it. Maybe time to bring those improvisational UUCP networks back   
   > to life then? Why opt for the copy, when you can get the original! ;)   
      
   Just use NNCP instead of UUCP; they almost work the same as a backend.   
      
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