Is Usenet an option for /Piracy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago by freewifiiiii@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Usenet is unmoderated. Once you post it, it sticks forever. We could probably get one of the independent providers to give free access to a new newsgroup. Anyone have any thoughts?

I’ve used Usenet for my content needs for years because it’s so fast and risk free. I think we could also use it for our community discussions.

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[-] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do you mean a BBS that could communicate with the Fediverse via the Activitypub protocol? Not sure if your post was a joke, but it might be doable lol. Synchronet is open source, and if someone is willing to get their hands dirty, it can be done.

[-] j4yc33@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I was serious. Conceptually it makes a lot of sense to do, I've thought about a number of CLI clients, but like a federated BBS from someone with the experience to do it right would be... just... chef's kiss

I'm of the wrong era. I got the tail-end of using them and wasn't developing until well into the WWW days.