3 ms·
> spam was unheard of Eh, not exactly ;) There was (and probably still is where needed) an elaborate system of killfiles being exchanged among trusted nntp ser
by tannhaeuser 3y ago
> spam was unheard of
Eh, not exactly ;) There was (and probably still is where needed) an elaborate system of killfiles being exchanged among trusted nntp servers. Also, you might want to look up the origin of the word spam:
> The first time that the word ‘spam’ was used in this sense actually arose from an innocent-enough affair. In 1993, Usenet administrator Richard Depew was responding to a discussion group, but he accidentally posted 200 duplicate responses to the board.
(from https://www.mailcleaner.net/blog/spam-world-news/whats-the-origin-of-the-word-spam/ https://www.mailcleaner.net/blog/spam-world-news/whats-the-o...)
- birdyrooster 3y agoyour winking smiley face is condescending and annoying edit: this psa brought to you by drinking half a beer
- riceart 3y agoEh, I think the person you’re replying to would assert that Usenet thrived prior to 1993. We don’t need a lesson about eternal September either.
- mgerdts 3y agoBefore 1994 usenet had trolls but what we recognize as spam today was all but unheard of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_email_spam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_email_spam In my .edu world the most annoying part of email was “chain mail” in which each recipient was threatened with bad luck or similar if they didn’t forward it on to three others. Email loops caused by .forward files were fun too.