Is Usenet an option for /Piracy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by freewifiiiii@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Usenet is unmoderated. Once you post it, it sticks forever. We could probably get one of the independent providers to give free access to a new newsgroup. Anyone have any thoughts?

I’ve used Usenet for my content needs for years because it’s so fast and risk free. I think we could also use it for our community discussions.

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[-] kakise@mlem.a-smol-cat.fr 5 points 1 year ago

Well, why not go back to BBS then ? I'd be happy to host a server

[-] modulartable@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

rubs hands together Oh yes, it's all coming together!

[-] rlhe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

You put the tw2002 door on it and I’m so there!

[-] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Nostalgia++

[-] j4yc33@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

OMG... we need a federated BBS.

[-] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do you mean a BBS that could communicate with the Fediverse via the Activitypub protocol? Not sure if your post was a joke, but it might be doable lol. Synchronet is open source, and if someone is willing to get their hands dirty, it can be done.

[-] j4yc33@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I was serious. Conceptually it makes a lot of sense to do, I've thought about a number of CLI clients, but like a federated BBS from someone with the experience to do it right would be... just... chef's kiss

I'm of the wrong era. I got the tail-end of using them and wasn't developing until well into the WWW days.

[-] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Not exactly what you're looking for, but someone wrote a TUI for Lemmy: https://github.com/mrusme/neonmodem

[-] j4yc33@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty close, at least with the UI, and deffo something that looks extensible (it works for various platforms). I could absolutely see using this as a launching point to a BBS with Forum, other doors would have to come later.

Oooooh and It's GNU licensed so I could actually use some of that code...

[-] kakise@mlem.a-smol-cat.fr 1 points 1 year ago

I see no reason why activitypub couldn’t work on Telnet tbh

[-] j4yc33@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Big oof... can't we use something better than telnet? ;)

[-] milano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

HUGE problem I see with using a BBS today is that telnet transmits in clear-text, which wasn't much of an issue when we were still using dial-up modems. Suppose BBS software can be adapted for SSH, but to go through all that, may as well host shell accounts on a *nix platform IMO.

Off top of my head I can think of 2 BBS software that use SSH.

In any case, I would be hesitant on using any BBS that I cannot use key-based authentication.

If determined on clear-text BBS.. may as well consider using Gopher instead of HTTP.. just a thought since we're pulling out the legacy protocols.

DOORs would def need to be a part of any BBS project.. can't imagine this would be that easy considering nearly all of them were DOS.