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The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They're dead as social media; all anyone uses them for is piracy these days and not to, you know... Talk to people.

I think IRC could be made more appealing pretty easily though. Just make a client for it with a slick UI and features like Discord has (like voice and video chat, not simply text), and then allow any Nitro-like shit for free.