A few months ago I threw this question out into the void - “what if you could access the fediverse through your Usenet reader??” and got almost no response. Still, the idea had lodged in my brain and wouldn’t go away so this weekend I caved in and built the thing. Hat tip to the author of the excellent nntpserver package that did all the hard stuff.

I look forward to seeing someone’s screenshots of fediverse posts on a Commodore 64, some day.

This will be released as a part of PieFed 1.7, coming soon.

  • Sunshine@piefed.caEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    This is basically backporting Piefed to computers made in the last 40 years! E-waste will be prevented!

    Fantastic work mate!

    • Rimu@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
      8·
      4 days ago

      Oh god no, that howling abyss needs to stay lost and forgotten. Usenet is a disaster zone, the only way to do it these days is with a private server, disconnected from all the others.

      A few months ago I signed up for https://www.eternal-september.org/ and had a poke around. It was utter trash, just mountains of spam and insane people and insane spam.

      • thisusernameistaken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        Usenet is a disaster zone

        It doesnt have to be that way though. it already is (and has been) the type of discussion network (no logging, no ads, no selling our data, etc) we all want already set up and ready for discussions and we all keep trying to reinvent the wheel year after year. The spam can be dealt with and could be quickly cleaned. Your insane people comment is silly. There are “insane” people on every platform (unless you are just saying anyone who doesnt agree with you is insane) so that wont go away. What usenet needs is good software so that reddit type folks can access the network.

  • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zipEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    Amazing! I feel like slrn was the peak of the threaded-forum UI, and I’ve had the urge to make it into a Threadiverse app. Now I don’t have to!

  • Ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    I don’t think I’m following.

    If this allows you to access fediverse communities through a 3rd party usenet reader, what part does piefed 1.7 play in the picture?

  • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    4 days ago

    When my *arr home server downloads Linux distros from Piefed over Usenet we’ll know Piefed has made it.