"I can't wait for the next big thing because honestly we've made a gigantic step backward." One of these days, those of us interested in a 21st century Usenet

"I can't wait for the next big thing because honestly we've made a gigantic step backward." One of these days, those of us interested in a 21st century Usenet should really get together and make it happen. I never used Gnus (I was more of a trn guy) and I think Stack Overflow is pretty cool, but I do miss the ability to sift through large quantities of high-quality posts using the tools and interface that worked best for me. The concept hasn't completely congealed in my mind, but some cool features would be: separation of content from interface, great APIs, pseudonymous identity with encryption and signatures, and some sort of a reputation system.