On Monday, 03 Jul 2023 08:40:00 -120000, "Nick Mackechnie" <
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KERR AVON wrote to ALL <=-
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From: Kerr Avon <avon@bbs.nz.invalid>
So I figured I’d start a thread here because some folks are imploding over rate limiting of Twitter tweets right now and this is not an issue in Usenet (just saying) ;-)
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That's that's a 'reason' I guess... no character limit here ;-)
Nick
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Yes - it is somewhat amusing to see the travails of proprietary social
media websites.
However if Usenet was to become a major component of internet-based
discussion again, I am sure the regulators would try to focus on it
and its content. An issue is that the underlying infrastructure of establishing new and discontinued newsgroups seems to have gone. For
example, I recall that the nz.* newsgroups were administered by Simon
Lyall on behalf of the NZ Computer Society (now 'IT Professionals
NZ'). Simon used to post newsgroup charter documentation in each
newsgroup (showed why the ng was created and the intended subject
matter etc) along with any proposals for a new ng. This has long
gone, and if Usenet regained popularity it would need to be
re-established.
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