On Wed 21 Mar 2018 at 16:41:25 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/21/2018 03:47 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 21 Mar 2018 at 12:05:53 -0400, 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 > > > > Maybe we should just continue to talk about email in this thread. Keeps > > it on-topic etc. Feel free to contribute to it. > > > > POT vs KETTLE ?
Eh? Does anyone understand this remark? > For the record, very many OT sub-threads to threads I began have been > *VALUABLE*. They are up there in the Hall of Fame. Never to be forgot. > One liners which are nominally ON-Topic, much less so ;/ > YMMV So be it: back to discussing email, then. -- Brian. > > > >
