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I understand the technical point being made but it seems to be missing the point. Why isn’t it good enough to have a whole bunch of idiosyncratic privately run

by CPLX 3y ago

I understand the technical point being made but it seems to be missing the point. Why isn’t it good enough to have a whole bunch of idiosyncratic privately run discussion forum communities spread across many different websites and servers and so on? We had that before Reddit and many examples still exist, it seems like it was closer to the ideal than Usenet ever was.

kevin_thibedeau 3y ago
Because such systems are brittle. Bespoke forums disappear and their archival status may be incomplete or hard to search. We have nearly all of Usenet preserved in multiple places.