🌻 Before the big social media companies, FidoNet was a network where people talked on simple bulletin boards.

You only saw the messages you chose, and you could download them to read later—no endless scrolling! It was simple, and the people had control.

What if we made the Fediverse work like that?

Here’s why it could work easily:
1️⃣ 📖 Read When You Want: You get the messages and read them later. No need to scroll all day. This keeps your energy right (Coherence).

2️⃣ 🎯 Only See What You Want: You choose the groups you read. No junk or bad vibes you didn't ask for. Clean feed, clean mind.

3️⃣ 🏡 You Own Your Friends: If you move to a new server, your connections move with you. You control your own online home.

This is why #fedi is so special. It puts people first. THIS IS THE WAY.

Thanks to @the_turtle for sharing about #FidoNet!

#OpenWeb #SovereignSystems #Decentralization

🌻 Before the big social media companies, FidoNet was a network where people talked on simple bulletin boards.

You only saw the messages you chose, and you could download them to read later—no endless scrolling! It was simple, and the people had control.

What if we made the Fediverse work like that?

Here’s why it could work easily:
1️⃣ 📖 Read When You Want: You get the messages and read them later. No need to scroll all day. This keeps your energy right (Coherence).

2️⃣ 🎯 Only See What You Want: You choose the groups you read. No junk or bad vibes you didn't ask for. Clean feed, clean mind.

3️⃣ 🏡 You Own Your Friends: If you move to a new server, your connections move with you. You control your own online home.

This is why #fedi is so special. It puts people first. THIS IS THE WAY.

Thanks to @the_turtle for sharing about #FidoNet!

#OpenWeb #SovereignSystems #Decentralization

@Stefan_S_from_H BBS's were the OG decentralized and federated social nets of their day... see #fidonet https://www.fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush.txt

@randahl well, I definitely don't want to discourage anyone from using their actual face as avatar.

But using real names was norm on Facebook and it was one of the reasons I left. I am on Internet much longer, than Facebook, and the pseudonymity was one of the things, which was amazing about these early online communities.

On the other hand, in the #Fidonet, using real names was compulsory and Mastodon, with it decentralisation, local rules, moderation policy and unencrypted netmail resembles #Fidonet, in a way.

So if #Fidonet had avatars, I can imagine using photos of real faces would be compulsory there.

@fletch

My first endeavor into social networks was with a #FidoNet node in the early 1990s.

Don’t think I’ve been so excited/curious about a tool for building social networks as I’m about @bonfire ever since.

That’s all good. Great, even.

What’s sad is that a huge part of that stems from where the centralized social networks took us.

Nevertheless, hope to take Bonfire for a spin ASAP.

#SocialNetworks #Fediverse #Decentralization

My first endeavor into social networks was with a #FidoNet node in the early 1990s.

Don’t think I’ve been so excited/curious about a tool for building social networks as I’m about @bonfire ever since.

That’s all good. Great, even.

What’s sad is that a huge part of that stems from where the centralized social networks took us.

Nevertheless, hope to take Bonfire for a spin ASAP.

#SocialNetworks #Fediverse #Decentralization

I know there are big archives of historical Usenet posts online. Are there similar Echonet archives from Fidonet?

#usenet #fidonet #retrocomputing #sysadmin #bbs

I know there are big archives of historical Usenet posts online. Are there similar Echonet archives from Fidonet?

#usenet #fidonet #retrocomputing #sysadmin #bbs