• Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
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      3 hours ago

      Ooh, not sure i should’ve asked this question! I really don’t get what i’m looking at here. Thats why i’ve taken so long to reply.

      The server-user diagram seems a bit like the structure of Activitypub. I think the use of the word ‘news’ is throwing me as well, they’re not using the word news in the common ‘news organisation delivers articles in some form’ sense but using the word in a more broad sense? So how is this different from Activitypub, maybe less open/connected? But its the connected servers that communicate with the Activitypub protocol as well.

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        2 hours ago

        TBH, I haven’t paid much attention to the workings of ActivityPub etc to comment. I’m just an oblivious end user nowadays 😀

        If I really wanted to set up something like that nowadays, I’d probably use something like Lemmy anyways. news servers were basically abandoned for discussion forums hosted separately on websites, and they evolved into various social media etc. And here we are, recreating the wheel again!

        Now I’m getting nostalgic. Maybe I should go hunting around usenet archives for my first post. Hahahaaa! Me so old…

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          27 seconds ago

          Ypu should go and find ypur firat post, tbh i’m surprised you think theres a server still running that would have it, if we’re predating the rise of social media here.

          Whats your assessment of bonfire networks?

          I really like the idea of the circles thing, i think it would be extemely useful for community organisation and maintenance purposes. But it seems like they’re having trouble getting traction, so maybe theres a problem with the idea i don’t see.

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      24 hours ago

      The ITEE department at my uni had a newsgroup. One professor actually actively used it for his course, circa 2015. That was pretty much the only time I ever used it.