> Then go online an hour later to send reply + update the feed. Usenet was truly special and an awesome design. Every iteration of something newer has been str

> Then go online an hour later to send reply + update the feed. Usenet was truly special and an awesome design. Every iteration of something newer has been strictly worse. Mailing lists, forums, and now proprietary platforms controlled by a single corporation. At every step, features and functionality have been lost. In the early 90s I used to travel coast to coast a lot, so I pulled all the newsgroups I was following to my laptop and spent the flights reading and responding to posts. Then I'd sync at the other coast before flying back.