I plan on posting some musings in the retro-aged newsgroups alt.flashback and alt.crossover. The idea is to format my rants for Usenet then copypasta them here. Whatever is too short or too mundane for Usenet (like snarky replies) will likely be posted here instead.

NEWS : news://alt.flashback | news://alt.crossover

#Usenet #NetNews #NNTP

The writer can be truly anonymous when posting to Usenet.

Usenet is accessible via TOR and open access servers that don't require registration or identifying information.

The writer can write and discuss using a pseudonym or pen name without fear of retaliation from employers, government, friends, and family. This encourages some people to share their innermost thoughts they would otherwise not express. Of course it also encourages trolls, but there are plenty of trolls everywhere else.

Usenet is text-centric so unlike the fediverse there is not a stream of distracting images.

Even after all these years I still prefer reading and posting Usenet newsgroups over all other forms of so-called, 'social media'.

#Usenet #NewsGroups #NNTP #NetworkNews #NetNews #Anonymous #Anonymity #Writers #Writing

When fixing moderator mail addresses, I just learned that I have been administrating a Usenet server for ~30 years now; been moderating nl.* groups for ~25 years and have been hierarchy admin for 18 years. #usenet #netnews #oldfart

Netnews: The Origin Story: Steve Bellovin's paper about the beginning of Usenet
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/netnews-hist.pdf
#socialmedia #internet #netnews #history #usenet #+

Zeilenumbruch nach 72 Zeichen, »-- « als Signaturtrenner und Thread-Darstellung. Alles im Usenet gelernt. #damals #technikgeschichte #usenet #netnews

🌘 探討網路歷史：從 Netnews 看社交網路的起源
➤ Netnews：從歷史看社交網路的崛起
✤ https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/netnews-hist.pdf
Netnews（有時被稱為Usenet）被認為是最早的社交網路之一，對線上互動有重大影響，誕生了“垃圾郵件”、“鬧版”和“火爆”等俚語含義。 該技術首次推廣了許多現在被視為理所當然的技術，包括Linux、World Wide Web和圖形瀏覽器。然而，儘管取得成功，Netnews最終式微，因為人們轉向更具用戶友好性的形式找到所需的內容和溝通途徑。
+ 讓人回味起早期網路的發展歷程，對於現今社交網路的演變有更多瞭解。
+ 技術的發展速度令人驚嘆，這樣的回顧讓人感慨科技的變遷。
#網路歷史 #Netnews