ZeroCoolUSENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix
S_H_KStupid question of the day does this compete with the fediverse or it goes along it?
IchNichtenLichtenIt’s not a competitor, no.
netburnrFederation of usenet required either a peering link or scripting to pull down all new articles, it ain’t automatically like here.
Yeah that was its downfall really… anyone could run a server, but getting actual stuff onto it, and getting your posts recognised, required peering, which required being on someone’s good side.
Binary groups becoming piracy hubs didn’t help either… it meant most of the small groups that ran servers gave up as the data requirements got too large.
It’s the fediverse’s great great grandpa.