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		crankylinuxuser on Dec 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An account is now required to read Reddit comment ... It was. It's called Usenet. And Usenet even included posting a single message to multiple groups, and people from both can respond.

jandrese on Dec 13, 2019 | [–]

I would be thrilled if the followup to Reddit is Usenet but with working moderation.

technoplato on Dec 14, 2019 | [–]

We’re there ever attempts to skin Usenet with friendly interfaces like old reddit?

Any resources you can point me to? I’m really interested in these concepts.

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