Usenet as "Social Networking" (was: I guess this thing is not on,damn!)
 

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> In Usenet it's kinda backwards. You invite everybody into your
> on-line social world all at once. Any unknown person can join your
> world at any time without your consent. But then you explicitly pick
> out individuals and tell them to **** off and die and exclude them VIA
> your killfiles.

Put more simply, instead of a friends list you have
an enemies list.

Usenet as "Social Networking" (was: I guess this thing is not on, damn!)
 

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> > In Usenet it's kinda backwards. You invite everybody into your
> > on-line social world all at once. Any unknown person can join your
> > world at any time without your consent. But then you explicitly
> > pick out individuals and tell them to **** off and die and exclude
> > them VIA your killfiles.
>
> Put more simply, instead of a friends list you have
> an enemies list.

But then almost everyone is your friend, so it's kinder and gentler.


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