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Shoq

@J12t Back in those days, I had business acquaintance with UseNet heavy, Jim Rutt (later CEO of Verisign and coiner of ‘snail mail.”) He used to say something like, “Usenet is where it’s at. We just don’t know where that is just yet.”

Younger nerds may enjoy some of these particulars about Usenet and its earliest incarnation of ‘newsgroups.’ news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2

1 Sep 2023 at 21:02 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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Johannes Ernst

@shoq I'm going to borrow this quote and adjust it for the times:

"The #Fediverse is where it's at. We just don't know where that is just yet."

1 Sep 2023 at 21:17 | Open on social.coop
Shoq

@J12t I was sort of hoping that was the resonance it produced :)

1 Sep 2023 at 21:27 | Open on mastodon.social
Johannes Ernst

@shoq The Fediverse proudly takes over where Usenet left it: not knowing where it's at for 40 years and counting!

1 Sep 2023 at 21:29 | Open on social.coop
Shoq

@J12t LOL Perfect. Now we just need a central office somewhere so we can hang that over the front door!

1 Sep 2023 at 21:36 | Open on mastodon.social
Johannes Ernst

@shoq Maybe we should file a pull request against Mastodon, to put it on the sign-up page :-)

1 Sep 2023 at 21:42 | Open on social.coop
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