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RFC 1855: Netiquette Guidelines (1995)
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- chx 4y agoHey, old friend. I translated that to Hungarian back when the world was young.
- yborg 4y agoAn elegant guideline for a more civilized age.
- eru 4y agoAnd yet, even in those days of yore they spoke of a bygone age, even more civilized and elegant: > In the past, the population of people using the Internet had "grown up" with the Internet, were technically minded, and understood the nature of the transport and the protocols. Today, the community of Internet users includes people who are new to the environment. These "Newbies" are unfamiliar with the culture [...]
- throw0101c 4y ago> And yet, even in those days of yore they spoke of a bygone age, even more civilized and elegant: 1995 was post-Eternal September.
- Eleison23 4y agoBy definition, NOTHING is post-Eternal September. Happy September 10679, everyone.
- runlevel1 4y agoThe Eternal September was part of the zeitgeist of 1995. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
- earthboundkid 4y agoCancel culture has run amok again.
- chx 4y agoAre you OK? Want to talk about it?
- jancsika 4y ago> Chain letters are forbidden on the Internet. :) > Your network privileges will be revoked. :) :) > Notify your local system administrator if your ever receive one. :) :) :) We had Valhalla. And just because we didn't have any mechanism at all to stop an infinitesimally small subset of users from trivially abusing nearly the entire edifice, at will, for next to no cost, poof: it all falls down. It makes one wonder how high we could have built that house of cards if we'd had more time before other people showed up and someone blew on it.