**nanachi** @yes@social.handholding.io · Sep 04, 2022, 20:02

**nanachi** @yes@social.handholding.io · Sep 04, 2022, 20:02

nanachi @yes@social.handholding.io

DO NOT TURN THIS INTO A HELL THREAD TO CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF @Jim ONTO THE WEB'S USENET

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · 2022-09-05T03:13:18Z

xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@yes @Jim
>THE WEB'S USENET

I'd say the Fedi is more similar to the finger protocol than usenet.

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**nanachi** @yes@social.handholding.io · Sep 05, 2022, 03:17

**nanachi** @yes@social.handholding.io · Sep 05, 2022, 03:17

nanachi @yes@social.handholding.io

@xianc78 @Jim to be fair it does use webfinger

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Sep 05, 2022, 03:18

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Sep 05, 2022, 03:18

xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@yes @Jim Only for profiles. Feeds are done through ActivityPub.

The original finger protocol had .plan files which can be seen as a precursor to microblogging or even blogging in general.

**nanachi** @yes@social.handholding.io · Sep 05, 2022, 03:19

**nanachi** @yes@social.handholding.io · Sep 05, 2022, 03:19

nanachi @yes@social.handholding.io

@xianc78 @Jim they made it so webfinger's cum got stored in the balls