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wyclif 43 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ex-Facebook director's new book paints brutal imag...

There was this open protocol (that still exists!) called IRC. Also: Usenet and email.

kube-system 43 days ago [–]

Facebook has 3 billion users. IRC and Usenet basically round to zero by comparison.

Email is the real answer here, but the reason it is better is the same reason Facebook et al took over.

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