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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by throwno on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @10:39AM (#21921679)
Exactly. IRC and Usenet is still there, but people just prefer trolling on Twitter and Reddit.
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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by icedchai on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @10:40AM (#21921689)
Much of it comes down to ease-of-use / accessibility. My 70 year old parents can use reddit. They could not use usenet.
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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by hydgv on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @10:42AM (#21921707)
You could create a usenet client with all the accessibility features that you wanted.

Reddit might be accessible, but that's because they want it to be accessible. You rely on them doing you a favour.

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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by icedchai on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @10:49AM (#21921778)
You could, and Dejanews / Google kind of did, but it still never gained critical mass...
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