• jmp242
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    2 years ago

    What’s sad is that the 00s phpbb were a step back from Usenet and BBSs that federated in the 80s.

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      2 years ago

      Oh yeah, I totally forgot the Usenet, before my generation, sorry!

      Innovation is a spiral, ain’t it?

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      2 years ago

      Excellent point. Fidonet, Usenet, IRC, even email lists all solved this problem decades ago. And they mostly worked quite well. The web based generation was a step backwards in many ways.

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        2 years ago

        It’s so weird, “normies” can’t handle a client application on a computer, but only want to use apps on their phones. I can’t explain it either.