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From: news@zzo38computer.org.invalid
Subject: Re: Well hello gemini
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2022 21:47:40 -0800
Message-ID: <1641443610.bystand@zzo38computer.org>
7 <7@no.spam> wrote:
Usenet is _awesome_ compared to forums, reddit, twitter, etc. The only
thing I like more than Usenet is IRC for quicker answers.
I agree. However, IRC is not as good for long form messages, so for that,
NNTP will be better. (Also, not all IRC channels are logged, but public
IRC channels probably should be logged, in my opinion. There is the raw
log format used in the #esolangs and #freeheromesh channels in Libera,
which I think is good. It is the following four fields separated by spaces:
direction (< for receive or > for send), UNIX timestamp, microseconds, and
then the IRC command (which may contain spaces).)
NNTP is also better in other ways, such as being able to store messages
locally, to read and compose messages while not connected to the internet,
to use your own choice of client software with features instead of being
forced to use web pages (which are too messy, and often slow), etc. There
are other advantages, too.
I also like NNTP better than mailing lists, too, instead of having all of
the messages in my email, needing subscription management, etc.
Of course, even if you have NNTP, you can also optionally have email, web
page, etc, too, but you do not have to; it can also do NNTP alone. (You
could also have read-only archives by HTTP or even by Gemini, if wanted.)
Usenet is censorship-resistant. Hundreds of servers around the world
carry your message when you post it. All political agendas have no power
here. There is no bellicose nanny telling us what to think. Such nannies
have no power to punish us for blasphemy against the party.
Yes, that is another thing that is good.
By using filters / killfiles on public Usenet, the trolls and spammers
disappear. If you don't like someone's opinion you can just filter them
out instead of trying to murder them for blasphemy against the party.
I agree, again; you can use kill files and scoring files.
--
Don't laugh at the moon when it is day time in France.
Parent:
Re: Well hello gemini (by 7 <7@no.spam> on Wed, 5 Jan 2022 18:24:08 -0600)
Start of thread:
Well hello gemini (by Kévin <usenet.m4o5b@id.oh.mg> on Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:44:51 +0200)