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No. I mean technically yes but this wouldn't solve the actual problem: mass human communication at scale. Usenet was a decent shot at this problem but it lost
by praptak 3y ago
No. I mean technically yes but this wouldn't solve the actual problem: mass human communication at scale.
Usenet was a decent shot at this problem but it lost to other solutions. Yes, all the current solutions are pretty bad but they aren't worse than Usenet. In particular Usenet had zero spam protection, Google stewardship or not.
- fmajid 3y agoI’m old enough to remember the original Canter and Siegel spam, and yes, it was on Usenet. What amazes me is that in 2023 people still launch social networks where spam prevention is not at the center.
- kmeisthax 3y agoBut don't worry, guys, we'll have someone from the Air Force yell at you if you send out PDP-11 ads over the Internet backbone
- fmajid 3y agoNot that old...
- ksaj 3y agoYou're old like me then. I actually have their printed book "How to Make a Fortune on the Information Superhighway" on how to "advertise" in the Internet. I put that in quotes, because their methods were absolutely literally spam. Having said that, they must have been right, because spam has never dwindled away like Usenet News did. That may very well have been their fault, too.