What’s nice about Usenet (and maybe a reason to being something similar back, is that Mastadon?) is the replicated public archives of this snapshot of history. The thread earlier this week highlighted that DJB and Werner Vogels were on early sockets conversations debating the merits over STREAMS or Sun RPC. There’s a durability that doesn’t exist with so many independent BBS that are constantly shutting down, taking decades of conversations and information with them.