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Andrew

@Edent I reckon feeding ActivityPub to NNTP could be interesting. Then a theaded Usenet reader could be used.

Use hashtags to cross post to different "newsgroups".

16 Nov 2022 at 10:30 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.nz
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Terence Eden
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@puck @Edent they do have a similar feel, in some ways

16 Nov 2022 at 12:05 | Open on meow.social
George Jones :emacs: :orgmode:

@puck you're not wrong. A mastodon could just be a news feed. Small hacks to make it bidirectional and #usenet is back. Use your favorite newsreaders: rn, gnus,...

16 Nov 2022 at 14:14 | Open on fosstodon.org
Andrew

@eludom I dunno about Usenet -> Mastodon. I did think about that as well, but I think there is enough capability gaps that it'd be a rather poor and disruptive experience. Mastodon -> Usenet can work because we can just the additional info (image alt descriptions etc, CW) as text in the body of the post.

16 Nov 2022 at 19:24 | Open on mastodon.nz
George Jones :emacs: :orgmode:

@puck seems backwards. Usenet posts just text. What in Usenet would not import well?

16 Nov 2022 at 19:48 | Open on fosstodon.org
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