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The thing I miss most was having one single newsreader interface that I could configure as I liked. With web forums everybody has their own idea of how things
by jandrese 4y ago
The thing I miss most was having one single newsreader interface that I could configure as I liked. With web forums everybody has their own idea of how things should work and I end up having to remember a dozen different flavors of "markdown" and ways of filtering users or threading posts. The Usenet had issues, chiefly the lack of a good way to moderate channels, but I wish we had gone with an open data model instead of the countless walled gardens that sprang up in its place.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y agoMaybe matrix and/or mastodon?
- jandrese 4y agoI thought Matrix was more of an IRC replacement than a new Usenet. Mastadon always seemed to want to be Twitter.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoNot quite IMO. Matrix gets very cluttery very quickly once you join more than a handful of rooms with lots of activity. At least with the mainstream clients. It seems more targeted at replacing telegram and its public groups than IRC. The channel list in particular is way too low density.
- sponaugle 4y agoYea, that is something I too can appreciate. The simplicity of having a single place where I can read about a wide arrangement of hobbies, interests, and professions.