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1994 on UseNet. Good luck with that.
My first UseNet post was 1992 😂
I think someone should do an import into Nostr node of all of the UseNet archives, where people can claim the posts and get zaps for helping to build the early Internet. No idea how that could be done, but it shouldn't be impossible.
I'd love that, I'm trying to find my early posts, but I've only found one dating back to 1996:
https://groups.google.com/g/vmsnet.networks.desktop.pathworks/c/9HXepdnHxMc/m/AQVjk8hMaG4J
Google didn't exist in 1996
Actually they did, but not sure the relevance?
Also, Dinosaurs existed before Google, but they still have information on them?
Quote from website below:
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After Backrub began indexing websites in March 1996
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Google actually bought Deja archive in February of 2001, which included a collection of over 500 million Usenet newsgroups messages dating back to 1995.
That’s why my 1992 postings don’t show 😫
Do you know of any accessible UseNet service that goes back earlier?
I don’t want to subscribe to a feed, just a web interface with a small free usage policy would suffice.
Something like this?
I like the idea of creating an npub for each Usenet account and publishing those posts, maybe even backdated. I don't think you could transfer an account to a person that claims it though because there's no way to transfer a private key beyond being shared with the archive service.
That said, split zaps are a thing so practically it would work out fine if the idea is to receive zaps for your old Usenet gems lol
I would have no way of verifying my old posts, other than the coincidence of a shared name. For anonymous NOSTR users that would be near impossible.
I don’t rate that as an important function however. I’d just like a historical record.
I agree that we couldn't give the nsec key to anyone, unless they are still using the original email address used to make the usenet post. Maybe not even then. But even if nobody could claim them, they should still be accessible.