Re: Federated, decentralised communication on the internet
On Wed 21 Mar 2018 at 12:05:53 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> On 3/21/18 11:48 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
> > On 21/03/18 01:00 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> >
> > My problem with "social networks" is that they're monopolies. Imagine
> > popping down to the local pub for a pint and a bit of conversation, only
> > to find that it's part of a huge chain run by a transnational
> > conglomerate. I much prefer the Usenet model, although web sites that
> > let you leave messages come pretty close. What I don't like are those
> > web sites that make you log in through Facebook in order to post. Since
> > I don't have a Facebook account and never will, such sites will have to
> > do without my pearls of wisdom. :-)
>
> Maybe we should move back to USENET. It worked pretty well, and it's still
Maybe we should just continue to talk about email in this thread. Keeps
it on-topic etc. Feel free to contribute to it.
--
Brian.
Reply to: