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by mattchew 2373 days ago
I'm hoping one of the ActivityPub Reddit-like projects takes off.

(yeah, I know, someone else make what I want . . . )

(or, we should have just fixed spam on Usenet . . . )
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howard941 2372 days ago
Spam wasn't what killed netnews, big ISPs didn't want to serve it up for free anymore. Perhaps that wasn't what you were implying but in case it was, spam ain't what done her in.
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mattchew 2372 days ago
I've always assumed it was mostly spam, and the bulk of new users preferring other discussion formats.

I appreciate the correction.

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