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edent on June 5, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why did Usenet fail?

Yes - and I find it rather tedious. Why do you think that every other major SN has avatar images? It's because most users find it a better experience.

I also have my own CSS for HN which makes it much more pleasant (for me) and I I've started using https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30668137

johannes1234321 on June 5, 2023 | [–]

The nice thing about Usenet: It's an open stadard and clients could show avatars.

For one simple generic blobs generated based on the sender's address, using some service like gravatar or X-Face header.

mr_mitm on June 5, 2023 | [–]

You could have your Usenet client to the same thing. Generate some sort of image out of the email address.

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