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blogs vs. usenet #usenet

🕗︎ - 2003-01-08

"Since web forums are better, it should be ridiculously easy to only see the 30 you have not read without having to wade through the 20 you've already seen? Um... no. Usenet, on the other hand, has been able to only show you unread articles since 1981. So much for progress."

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