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I don't use Discord or Twitter which afaik are walled gardens run by single centralized hosts. What I'm saying about Discourse (it looks like it is based on Em
by throwaway81523 3y ago
I don't use Discord or Twitter which afaik are walled gardens run by single centralized hosts. What I'm saying about Discourse (it looks like it is based on Ember, which I had confused with Electron) is that it is just another web BBS as far as I can see. Lots of other ones are out there and Discourse doesn't offer obvious advantages over ones with less bloat, or for that matter, over NNTP.
- predictabl3 3y agoI don't think that point was conveyed, and I am not sure of the point still yet. NNTP with a web interface for the majority of users that have never heard of NNTP would be a perfectly fine solution. Arguably a better one, I agree. (Web ui means searchable via Google too)
- throwaway81523 3y agoI thought we were trying to get away from centralization, which includes Google, heh. Anyway Google indexed usenet for a long time. Idk if they still do, even through Groups.