profoundlynerdy, 7 months ago

@chimay There is some talk of #ActvityPub eventually gaining the ability to federate with #NNTP and therefore #Usenet.

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediverse-ideas/issues/46

I'd love to see #Lemmy support this.

yeti, 7 months ago

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chimay, 7 months ago

@yeti @profoundlynerdy

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.

lemmy can do it, at least in one level.

you could have :

fediverse.mastodon.bsd-cafe.coolhashtag
fediverse.lemmy.lemmy-world.vim

Not an exact mirror, but a start.

profoundlynerdy, 7 months ago

@chimay @yeti

> 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.