Matt SimmonsJul 3, 2023

Seriously though, I’m tired of people starting new social networks with investor money. Those investors want their money back and the entrepreneurs starting the social networks are going to need to pay them back with money obtained from the members.

I want the USENET model back. It was the original Fediverse. Community is an outcome of the protocol.

Show threadnot a martian, honest
@standaloneSA the problem with usenet is (after all its still there) that there's no proper moderation. Everybodys free to put any shit they want on there.
Jul 4, 2023 at 7:21amWeb
Show threadAnthony WilliamsJul 4, 2023

@kyonshi
@standaloneSA

Some groups were/are moderated. comp.lang.c++.moderated had less content than comp.lang.c++, but it was better quality due to the mods. I suspect other groups were similar. Still depends on the hard work of volunteer moderators though.