Gregory's Server@arbalister @woolhatwoman I think it's got more in common with fidonet than usenet, but there's a little of each in here and a lot else besides.
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@arbalister @ajroach42 @woolhatwoman yes this feels very much like FidoNET back in the BBS days of the late 80s and early 90s  @MarkFolse @arbalister @ajroach42 @woolhatwoman Ah, someone remembers Fidonet! I never used it personally, but it was pretty popular among the folks in the BBSs I visited, especially the sysops. @yuki2501 @MarkFolse @ajroach42 @woolhatwoman it was awesome! You could senda message to someone Androi across the country, in less than a week! :blobpats: @yuki2501 @MarkFolse @arbalister @ajroach42  @ajroach42 Is Lemmy more like UseNet than Mastodon?  @strypey @arbalister @woolhatwoman My point was that usenet access was normally through a university or ISP, where fidonet was usually through a small BBS in your home town. @ajroach42 @strypey @woolhatwoman agreed. I *was* an ISP in the early days, lol, so maintaining a UseNet feed was my go-to. Used Fido, but was nevera sysop. @strypey @arbalister @woolhatwoman who was in control? Who could be? How was content moderated? How many people were there? Usenet was big and formal. But yeah, close enough. |
@ajroach42 @woolhatwoman ah Fido, there's a blast from the past. In the instance that UseNet was usually spooled by an ISP, who then gave access to users, vs Fido that anyone could become a node, your example is probably closer to the case.