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Usenet seemed more social than HN, as I remember it from the 1990s. You'd go back to the same groups, and see the same people posting. On HN, I don't usually se
by incompatible 6y ago
Usenet seemed more social than HN, as I remember it from the 1990s. You'd go back to the same groups, and see the same people posting. On HN, I don't usually see any name I remember.
- the_af 6y agoI regularly see names I remember on HN: tptacek, pron, dragonwriter, lmm, coldtea, etc. It's not exactly the same as contacts on Facebook, though it's closer to Reddit. Definitely social media.