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We're rewriting the books. finger was the first social network!

• bitwize 1y ago
  I've observed that Unix itself was a social networking platform. Your Unix account was your identity across many services: email, finger, USENET, talk, etc. And it was distributed. And didn't rely on cruft like ActivityPub.
  • temp0826 1y ago
    Totally! ident alongside IRC too. So many reinvented wheels. (Side note- I'm a little sad that https is the only protocol used for everything anymore).
  • mtillman 1y ago
    Still is if you have an account on sdf.org.