Comment by pmoriarty

> Yes. usenet, however, used to be social media. It was like text-only reddit.

Except, unlike Reddit, it wasn't centralized nor owned by a single corporation.

Usenet users did not have to obey the rules and whims of any corporation and there was thriving ecosystem of feature rich, free and open Usenet clients.

I really miss having my own killfiles and regex search abilities that were common on Usenet clients, but is missing from the Reddit clients and its web UI.