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  • Re: Could Usenet become a public company like Reddit?

    From Mr. Man-wai Chang@toylet.toylet@gmail.com to alt.free.newsservers,news.software.readers on Mon Jun 29 23:01:00 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.readers

    On 6/29/2026 9:02 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <111to87$b9cu$2@toylet.eternal-september.org>, did toylet.toylet@gmail.com deliver unto us this message:

    How would the company come to own it?
    That would be sort of like owning
    conversation.


    Why did Facebook and Reddit go IPO?
    They are also "sort of like owning
    conversation". :)

    Those are specific web sites. You're
    talking about someone owning a
    protocol.


    As long as there are news-reader apps in app
    stores of Android and iOS, they can access
    Usenet. They can say/type whatever they
    wanna say/type as in Reddit & FB. ;)
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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@toylet.toylet@gmail.com to alt.free.newsservers,news.software.readers on Mon Jun 29 23:07:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.software.readers

    On 6/29/2026 11:01 PM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

    As long as there are news-reader apps in app
    stores of Android and iOS, they can access
    Usenet. They can say/type whatever they
    wanna say/type as in Reddit & FB. ;)


    BTW, it's called "texting", right? ;)
    Usenet is also about texting, in
    true plain-TEXT!!

    TEXTINGoL?oeiu-i*i#*-R*-Roa+E+!tUa*ouocioAet++*!> <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%A9%9E%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E/texting>

    Text messaging - Wikipedia
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messaging>
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    @~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
    / v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
    /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
    ^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
    The game is afoot... Meow...
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