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Nope, email via arpanet (1973) preceeded usenet (1980).
by mceachen 6y ago
Nope, email via arpanet (1973) preceeded usenet (1980).
- btilly 6y agoThe fact that email preceded usenet does not mean that things cannot have been invented in Usenet before they were invented in email. As a concrete example, :-) was invented on a bulletin board. See http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/sefSmiley.htm http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/sefSmiley.htm for the details.
- mceachen 6y agoYou're absolutely correct. I'm not ancient enough to say first-hand. I know that threaded replies in BBSes in the early 80s at least coincided with usenet threaded replies. I didn't have a proper email address until years later via my university.