• spudwart@spudwart.com
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    10 months ago

    Well the issue with Usenet is the following:

    • Usenet is quite old
    • Usenet is not very well known.
    • Usenet has many barriers to entry.
    • Usenet groups have garnered an exclusionary reputation.
    • Other easier options have existed for a long time for basic social media interaction.
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      10 months ago

      It should be emphasized, the above list is accurate for Social Interaction as the discussions and text have indeed waned. It does mention that at the end, but still.

      For media sharing specifically, many of those above items are either trivial OR are actually what helps it thrive. Somehow, 30 years later, we’re still under the radar and maxing out connection speeds without having to VPN, seed, share or dodge ISP rules and DMCA requests.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      Nntp is easy to set up and run.

      There’s a webUI and a forum front-end for nntp.

      Nntp is as well-known as MC files (if you need to. You know).

      An internal slack is as exclusive.

      Email<->nntp gateways exist. What’s easier than email ?