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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be

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The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

With Google dropping support for the oldest of social networks, Usenet is now left without another major entry gate.

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11 months ago
I think it comes to down to the definition of “dead”. Both are certainly dead for the reasons they were created.

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