After reading a bit about Usenet, it seems to me as if the whole Fediverse seems to be just a reinvention of Usenet.

What’s the big difference?

  • StarWatcherTim@dmv.pub
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    1 year ago

    From my experience Usenet required you to post in a specific NewsGroup. They had threads but if you posted something in Class1Railroads about your modeling it wouldn’t necessarily be seen by ModelRailroads. The threads got really messy with some quoting the whole thread before adding their comment at the bottom.
    Fediverse gives the posts a chance to break out and be picked up by others. Post in Kbin/Lemmy in a specific group/magazine and someone in Mastadon might see it and reply without being subscribed to the specific group. They don’t have to wade through the whole conversation to read your post.