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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by pingiun on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:09PM (#15611656)
Luckily mailing lists and newsgroups still exist, some newsgroups are even still active. (Mailings lists too of course, but they are generally created for a specific purpose)
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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by pmoriarty on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:15PM (#15611724)
They exist, as do mechanical typewriters and bulletin board systems, but most people don't use them. The web "won" long ago, and newsgroups and mailing lists are now mostly a historical curiosity.
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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by AstralStorm on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:16PM (#15611730)
Also forums for special interests. (Outgrowth of a bulletin board.) Some do not even abuse their data and users.
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