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Wouldn't USENET be Reddit? Various subreddits, async communication, sharing of stuff. User accounts. Only major difference (and it is a big one) is voting. I

• LinuxBender 5y ago
  In my opinion there is no need for voting on usenet. You can reply to anyone or ignore anyone. No global echo chambers, no global moderation beyond removing illegal content on a specific provider or filtering a usenet group on a specific provider. If you had a group of like-minded friends that wanted to ignore specific ways of thinking, then you could all contribute to your own group specific ignore-list. Corporations have no financial incentive to build around usenet for this reason, as they have zero control over the client.