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> Online communication from 1970 to 1995 was almost completely public, archived indefinitely. Only if one thinks that Usenet is all that there was. It wasn't.
by JdeBP 8y ago
> Online communication from 1970 to 1995 was almost completely public, archived indefinitely.
Only if one thinks that Usenet is all that there was. It wasn't.
- ghaff 8y agoEven if you leave out email, IRC, etc. I'm sure the volume of discussions that took place on commercial online services like Compuserve and the thousands upon thousands of BBS systems far outweighed Usenet--and almost all of that is long gone (for better or worse). Personally I sort of wish I had more archives from my BBS days but so it goes.
- EamonnMR 8y agoYou've probably already heard of this but there's always http://textfiles.com http://textfiles.com