On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM Thaths via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote:
In my opinion, Facebook (and much modern social media) is but a prettified > (in many cases also app-i-filed) web forum (often turned into a walled > garden). > > I came across this long article reminiscing about web-base fora that paved > the way to the world we now have. > It's not "web based", but this piece made me recall that this is the first PC I've owned (bought early 2025, just before the AI apocalypse made prices go crazy) that does not currently have a NNTP client installed. Up until a few years ago, I still used to occasionally dip into rec.arts.sf.written (and I've met at least one member of this group on sci.crypt). Sic transit gloria mundi. Udhay
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