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Do you not remember the wretched hive of scum and villainy that was Usenet?
by blantonl 6y ago
Do you not remember the wretched hive of scum and villainy that was Usenet?
- dimator 6y agoOh man, that was the best. It was large enough to have basically every interest. All while still having the basic functionality of reading and replying to text. Your "feed" was chronological messages, rather than a psychologist-engineered addiction engine.
- kingaillas 6y agoI do, but usenet's reach, as compared to current social media outlets, was minuscule. The broader world wasn't aware of it, nor did it care.
- monoideism 6y agoArguably, it became that after the Eternal September in 1993, when the hoi polloi joined in via AOL.
- iso947 6y agoAlt.wealey.crusher.die.die.die was an early example of cyberbullying. That group, and the people using the internet, used their power to really harm Wil Wheaton, and that was well before eternal September