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Re:What do you want in a new social network? by buboard on Monday September 23, 2019 @06:47PM (#21054593)
if you figure a way to remove spam, all the old protocols can be popular again.
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Re:What do you want in a new social network? by simplecomplex on Monday September 23, 2019 @08:17PM (#21055214)
Huh? There is no spam with RSS or IM. The user chooses what to consume.

And spam is a solved problem with email.

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Re:What do you want in a new social network? by buboard on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @06:09AM (#21058266)
if you inevitably tried to build an RSS directory or search engine, there would be spam. IM is already full of spam, like IRC and email

> And spam is a solved problem with email.

you mean, with centralized online mail services

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