Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to bewww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down18
arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkThe rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to bewww.zdnet.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211 months agoPreach! My first experience with Usenet was rexx scripts on a mainframe using tn3270. Same with all of the ftp sites. Remember fingering id software? Also, you can post to nntp via email.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago you can post to nntp via email. There are web<->nntp gateways too; and not just the ggroups one! Nntp by uucp was life-changing.
Preach! My first experience with Usenet was rexx scripts on a mainframe using tn3270. Same with all of the ftp sites. Remember fingering id software?
Also, you can post to nntp via email.
There are web<->nntp gateways too; and not just the ggroups one!
Nntp by uucp was life-changing.