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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by KKKKkkkk1 on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:38AM (#35096743)
> What if, and hear me out: we ditch the idea of a better replacement social network and just ditch the concept in general?

Good luck with that. Social networks is an idea that is as old as the Internet. MySpace and Facebook were merely a step in a progression that included IRC, Usenet, email. Arguably hypertext itself. If you're not connecting people, what is the point of the Internet?

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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by Apocryphon on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:46AM (#35096893)
Connecting computer programs without human intervention
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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by bcrosby95 on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:49AM (#35096937)
Don't forget CompuServe and Prodigy, which predates the consumer internet. Back in the late '80s my parents subscribed to these, and I would read and post on their comic book forums, arguing about which super hero could beat who.
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