• Twitter hassles

    From Kerr Avon@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 2 21:14:34 2023
    So I figured I’d start a thread here because some folks are imploding over rate limiting of Twitter tweets right now and this is not an issue in
    Usenet (just saying) ;-)

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@21:1/5 to KERR AVON on Mon Jul 3 08:40:00 2023
    KERR AVON wrote to ALL <=-

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    ao50eeTFaHkn92I0+H60qPtK/iSBUXXGdTvE";
    From: Kerr Avon <avon@bbs.nz.invalid>


    So I figured I’d start a thread here because some folks are imploding over rate limiting of Twitter tweets right now and this is not an issue
    in Usenet (just saying) ;-)

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    That's that's a 'reason' I guess... no character limit here ;-)

    Nick
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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to Nick_Mackechnie@trashcan.thenet.gen on Mon Jul 3 10:17:27 2023
    On Monday, 03 Jul 2023 08:40:00 -120000, "Nick Mackechnie" <Nick_Mackechnie@trashcan.thenet.gen.nz> wrote:

    KERR AVON wrote to ALL <=-

    Netmail: 99:100/99.99
    ao50eeTFaHkn92I0+H60qPtK/iSBUXXGdTvE";
    From: Kerr Avon <avon@bbs.nz.invalid>


    So I figured I’d start a thread here because some folks are imploding over rate limiting of Twitter tweets right now and this is not an issue in Usenet (just saying) ;-)

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    That's that's a 'reason' I guess... no character limit here ;-)

    Nick
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    Yes - it is somewhat amusing to see the travails of proprietary social
    media websites.

    However if Usenet was to become a major component of internet-based
    discussion again, I am sure the regulators would try to focus on it
    and its content. An issue is that the underlying infrastructure of establishing new and discontinued newsgroups seems to have gone. For
    example, I recall that the nz.* newsgroups were administered by Simon
    Lyall on behalf of the NZ Computer Society (now 'IT Professionals
    NZ'). Simon used to post newsgroup charter documentation in each
    newsgroup (showed why the ng was created and the intended subject
    matter etc) along with any proposals for a new ng. This has long
    gone, and if Usenet regained popularity it would need to be
    re-established.


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