#usenet — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #usenet, aggregated by home.social.
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Fuck Internet, I want my old Usenet back! Or Fido... Doesn't matter. Anything but the Internet.
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I'm running for local office in September. I'm way way down the ticket and won't get elected. But I just got email advising me on how to clean up my social media to avoid attacks from political opponents.
The main instruction is "Check through your posts starting with the first one".
That's many many posts a day.
Starting 31 years ago if #UseNet groups count.
Or 38 years ago if #FidoNet bulletin board systems count.
Nope. 😄
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StudiVZ, MeinVZ, SchülerVZ, ICQ und selbst das Usenet sind nicht gestorben, weil die Technik versagt hat. Sie wurden verlassen. Menschen ziehen weiter. Immer. Digitale Orte sind wie Lagerfeuer. Sie leben nicht vom Holz, sondern von denen, die darum sitzen. Heute bleiben nur Erinnerungen an Nächte voller Gespräche, Freundschaften und großer Gedanken. Vielleicht vermissen wir aber gar nicht die Netzwerke. Vielleicht vermissen wir die Menschen, die wir damals waren.
#Internet #ICQ #StudiVZ #Usenet #DigitaleKultur #Nostalgie #Fediverse
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CW: Musing about the future…
Soon internet is going to be way more regulated and restricted. The global supply chain may collapse. Energy, water, food, clothing, housing will only get more expensive.
Pseudonymity (like I rely on) will mostly be a thing of the past for individuals.
Hopefully we can keep #usenet alive and community run.
Consider getting your #AmateurRadio licenses.
Find like minded people in your local community and establish mutual aid groups?
Maybe together set up a community wide mesh network to keep everyone informed and have communication available should something happen to the non-community run ones?
#Reduce, #Reuse, #Repair, #Repurpose, #Regenerate, #Reimagine, #Redesign, #Recover, #Recycle
Learn to mend clothes. Learn to make clothes.
Learn gardening. Collect rainwater. Compost. Grow food. Keep chickens. Keep bees. Learn to cook and preserve. Stock up.
Learn to repair and salvage.
Learn to make tools. Learn to design and write programs. Learn electronics.Establish in law and in code
the #RightToRepair
the #RightToAmend
the #RightToDIY
the #RightToSalvage
the right to own the means
the right to inform and teach others.“The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and shelter.”
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@ben0_o TBH the curating of my online #identity grew out of #harassment experiences I had back in the days of #BBS's, #chatrooms and #Usenet #newsgroups, and also concern while job hunting that there be as little controversy directly attached to my job application name as possible (any hobby will develop drama eventually).
I have no illusions that a little effort would link almost any of my presences but I found through trial and error the techniques that reduced the casual harassment.