With all that #fediverse effervescence, I just rediscovered #irc with #weechat, and realized that #neomutt also support #usenet servers. Going back to the source in a way.
so, if I understand correctly, usenet is a newsgroup hierarchy that uses nntp as protocol ?
> ...and as long as tag hygiene in the fediverse doesn't get a surprising
> boost, I don't even see how the fediverse matches at all the hierarchy
> of groups/topics style NNTP is designed for. It will not blend into
> another well.
> If I understand correctly, Usenet is a newsgroup hierarchy that uses NNTP as protocol?
Correct. There are other newsgroups out there that use NNTP, it's just that Usenet is the oldest (est. 1978) and largest. It started as a "poor man's ARPANET."
Usenet has previously been passed over UUCP, NNTP, air-mailed magnetic tapes (yes, really) and x25 data links. So, I thought #ActivityPub would be worth trying next.
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