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Re:Usenet, authentication, and engineering: early design dec... by oldcynic on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @12:20PM (#16475576)
...so we need a uucp interface to HN?

Sarcasm aside, HN could have worked well as private newsgroups. I really do think there is a lot to be said for store and forward, especially when you want to file something away for reference.

We lost something worthwhile with the rise of the newsfeed model. Especially now search engines give extra marks for recency.

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Re:Usenet, authentication, and engineering: early design dec... by jackfraser on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @06:51PM (#16479314)
> ...so we need a uucp interface to HN?

There's no quicker way to the front page...

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