News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix. Parent comment

Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by icedchai on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:27PM (#37344445)
Today, we could all run our own NNTP servers. The traffic on most newsgroups (excluding binaries) would be a trickle compared to the average broadband connection.

I ran my own news server in the 90's, receiving about a dozen groups over dialup with a UUCP feed.

[ Parent | on HN ]

There are no comments on this comment yet.