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What do miss from pre-Reddit? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We've had plenty of questions about what people miss from reddit that Lemmy had, or what they hope doesn't come to Lemmy from reddit in future, but do you miss from the earlier days, before reddit that you would like to come back?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

USENET. Actually useful USENET.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea, I was really sad when my then-current provider did not offer Usenet access.

Actually, being able to group or sort instances hierarchically like rec.books.whatever might be helpful in organizing all these discussions. Currently this feels like alt.everything. When lemmy grows further, this maght become even more confusing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I also missed Usenet, and my provider has not offered usenet access for a long time. So I created an account at individual.net. Text-only groups, but this is what i want. Worth every penny.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is USENET still useful? I haven’t used it in over a decade and I hope it’s still around, but I would be kinda shocked if it’s still relevant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I still have an account. It is still useful for grabbing binary content like TV shows and movies, but that takes a lot of setup.

What I really miss are the discussions. There, it’s not as useful as it once was. All the groups still exist, but many are overrun by spam. It would be nice to see a solution that makes USENET actually useful again.