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Exactly. IRC and Usenet is still there, but people just prefer trolling on Twitter and Reddit.
by throwno 7y ago
Exactly. IRC and Usenet is still there, but people just prefer trolling on Twitter and Reddit.
- icedchai 7y agoMuch of it comes down to ease-of-use / accessibility. My 70 year old parents can use reddit. They could not use usenet.
- hydgv 7y agoYou could create a usenet client with all the accessibility features that you wanted. Reddit might be accessible, but that's because they want it to be accessible. You rely on them doing you a favour.
- icedchai 7y agoYou could, and Dejanews / Google kind of did, but it still never gained critical mass...