Yes and no. I think the issue primarily is that I could never just generate a new newsgroup back when usenet was popular and get it to syndicate with other servers.
The other issue is who's going to host it? I need a port somehow (CGNAT be damned!).
That’s also my feeling. There’s a space for something that has some of the same goals as Usenet while also learning from the past.
I don’t think it’s a fruitful or useful comment to say something is “like Usenet” as a dismissal. So what if it is? It was useful as hell when it wasn’t terrible.
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Is he reinventing USENET netnews?
Yes and no. I think the issue primarily is that I could never just generate a new newsgroup back when usenet was popular and get it to syndicate with other servers.
The other issue is who's going to host it? I need a port somehow (CGNAT be damned!).
Spam started on Usenet. As did Internet censorship. You can’t just reinvent Usenet. Or we could all just use Usenet.
Usenet doesn't scale. The Eternal September taught us that.
To being Usenet back into the mainstream would require a major protocol upgrade, to say nothing of the seismic social shift.
That’s also my feeling. There’s a space for something that has some of the same goals as Usenet while also learning from the past.
I don’t think it’s a fruitful or useful comment to say something is “like Usenet” as a dismissal. So what if it is? It was useful as hell when it wasn’t terrible.