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From: snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
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Subject: Re: Netnews: The Origin Story
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:17:25 +0000
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D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, Sn!pe wrote:
> 
> > Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> wrote:
> >
> >> Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:
> >>
> >>> Yes, it is in the form of a pdf, but be that as it may, it makes for an
> >>> interesting view into the start of Usenet:
> >>>
> >>> <https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/netnews-hist.pdf>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Thank you for posting!
> >>
> >
> > Writing as someone addicted to Usenet for 30 years it's good to see the
> > whole story, much of which was new to me; I've saved it, thanks again.
> >
> > # Usenet was my first love
> > # And it will be my last...
> >
> 
> What has made you stick with it through all these years? How come you have
> not been swept up by the winds of facebook and other social media?
>

"The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around It."
<https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/07/12/censor/>

If I fall out with a NSP admin, I can regain access by using a different
NSP.  Fuckerbergs* have the power of individual censorship. 

Also, Fuckerbergs drive a coach and horses through user privacy 
to facilitate commercial gain.  I fart in their general direction.


* Fuckerberg:  generic term for controllers of proprietary networks.

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