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CS234 <cs234@lhmerino.dont-email.me> wrote:
> This thread is intended for the students of CS-234: Technologies for democratic society
> 
> How does Usenet fit into the vision presented by Licklider and Taylor in
> "The Computer as a Communication Device"?
> 
> Reflect on:
> - Which aspects of their vision are realized through Usenet?
> - What aspects have evolved differently from what they imagined?
> 
> Feel free to respond to comments made by your classmates as well.

Is this where I am supposed to write the message ? What’s the difference between a follow up and a reply ? Anyways. 
Is this whole usenet system still active in any way ? On one hand it seems very outdated and inconvenient, but on another… this is still running smoothly and seems to be maintained competently. Never underestimate legacy systems’ ability to stick around I guess. I wonder who’ sjob it is to upkeep 50-year old obsolete internet forums for… whoever still uses them
I find this interesting, and quite frankly a little nostalgic, despite never living in a period where this was at its height. It harkens back to an older period of computers, where the internet was less comercialised, less pervasive and all around us