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The main thing I miss about the tech of usenet ( as opposed to the communities I've found and lost along the way) is that the most basic 3-panel usenet client i
by Marazan 3y ago
The main thing I miss about the tech of usenet ( as opposed to the communities I've found and lost along the way) is that the most basic 3-panel usenet client is vastly superior to any web based forum or discussion system.
The splitting of the message hierarchy and message content into separate views is so obviously superior to hacker news style indenting or flat linear lists that it blows my mind no one recreates this in the modern age.
- cmacleod4 3y agoThe thing I miss most is that usenet clients will track exactly which messages you have read, so when you come back to a long-running discussion you can immediately see what is new since you last caught-up with it, something which none of the newer online forums seem able to manage.
- timbit42 3y agoYou can keep track of which posts you have read with RSS but not comments.