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Slightly off-topic, but it's cool to see David Mikkelson posting in that Usenet group as "Snopes," as that's where he first used the name, even before launching
by jaysonelliot 8y ago
Slightly off-topic, but it's cool to see David Mikkelson posting in that Usenet group as "Snopes," as that's where he first used the name, even before launching the urban myth-busting site in the '90s.
- rconti 8y agoI had no idea Snopes was that old; that was my takeaway from this as well. We've always assumed it wasn't an actual quote from Gates, but I only knew Snopes as the website.
- dhimes 8y agoSnopes wasn't originally called "Snopes," was it? I seem to remember it as something else, like "urbanlengend" or something. Maybe the movie bought the name?