On Wednesday 21 March 2018 12:32:56 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/21/2018 11:05 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > On 3/21/18 11:48 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> On 21/03/18 01:00 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> > >> > >> My problem with "social networks" is that they're monopolies. > >> Imagine popping down to the local pub for a pint and a bit of > >> conversation, only to find that it's part of a huge chain run by a > >> transnational conglomerate. I much prefer the Usenet model, > >> although web sites that let you leave messages come pretty close. > >> What I don't like are those web sites that make you log in through > >> Facebook in order to post. Since I don't have a Facebook account > >> and never will, such sites will have to do without my pearls of > >> wisdom. :-) > > > > Maybe we should move back to USENET. It worked pretty well, and > > it's still going strong in some quarters. > > *YES!* I use email and USENET only. > I attempted Facebook years ago. I set it up two have some family and > one friend set up as "friends". I was careful to *NOT* to specify > anything about where I lived. I was immediately spammed by advertising > geographically associated with my "friends". The current fiasco with > data mining private information says I was right. > A conclusion I reached 20+ years ago.
> > Add some global identity & > > reputation management, and the ability to set up lots of small > > newsgroups - and we'd have one hell of a Facebook killer. > > Free market does a pretty good job. I'm currently subscribed to >20 > tech oriented mailing lists with few problems. > There's an echo in here :) > > Miles Fidelman -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
