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Yeah, the infamous September was really a thing, more than sharing. Another factor was that maintaining a news server was a PITA for the ISPs.

• glenngillen 3y ago
  Eternal September for those curious to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
  • pmarreck 3y ago
    I was not aware of this phenomenon and I was there... lol. (My first email address was in 1990, from my college)
    • jwiz 3y ago
      My freshman September was the Eternal September.
      • midasuni 3y ago
        Me too!
      • pmarreck 3y ago
        Honestly, the quality (and nerdiness) of discourse at Reddit was the same as the Internet pre-Eternal September until the Gonewild subreddit happened.
  • neuronexmachina 3y ago
    I know it isn't actually, but I like to pretend the Green Day song "Wake me up when September ends" is a reference to that.
    • tomatocracy 3y ago
      Heh. I thought I was the only one who did this!