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It’s not that much different. I was on Usenet from the late 80s till the web ate it. It was more like stack exchange and Reddit. But with far far fewer people i
by demondemidi 3y ago
It’s not that much different. I was on Usenet from the late 80s till the web ate it. It was more like stack exchange and Reddit. But with far far fewer people involved. abpe was the best place for porn. Slash fiction was coming of age. Memes didn’t quite exist yet because posting images was not a thing. It the egos and attitudes were the same.
- magicalhippo 3y agoA big difference was that everyone got everything on a group, and it was much more async than current alternatives. You could spend a day working on a reply, and people would get it next time they downloaded messages. Everything now seems to focus on "the now", incentivizing fast replies and new content. Though, as the other responder mentions, it certainly would struggle with "web scale" amount of participants.
- ksaj 3y agoI used to feed newsgroups and email to BBS systems using UUCP. You could easily expect a 3 day turnaround when posting something, and seeing the initial responses. I distinctly remember thinking that this was really efficient. At the very least, it made lists a lot more entertaining to read than they would be today.
- demondemidi 3y agoI forgot all about having to download replies. Yep. Daily syncs.