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A big difference was that everyone got everything on a group, and it was much more async than current alternatives. You could spend a day working on a reply, a
by magicalhippo 3y ago
A big difference was that everyone got everything on a group, and it was much more async than current alternatives.
You could spend a day working on a reply, and people would get it next time they downloaded messages.
Everything now seems to focus on "the now", incentivizing fast replies and new content.
Though, as the other responder mentions, it certainly would struggle with "web scale" amount of participants.
- ksaj 3y agoI used to feed newsgroups and email to BBS systems using UUCP. You could easily expect a 3 day turnaround when posting something, and seeing the initial responses. I distinctly remember thinking that this was really efficient. At the very least, it made lists a lot more entertaining to read than they would be today.
- demondemidi 3y agoI forgot all about having to download replies. Yep. Daily syncs.