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> Usenet fell out of favor later on, partly driven by the www,and partly because once the Internet became open to everyone, it didn't scale well with lots of us
by echelon_musk 3y ago
> Usenet fell out of favor later on, partly driven by the www,and partly because once the Internet became open to everyone, it didn't scale well with lots of users who didn't understand the conventions and social contract.
This sounds like Eternal September [0]. I'd argue that the same thing has happened to the web. The number of people online now versus say 15 years ago is immense. The quality of discussion seems to get worse and worse.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
- hypercube33 3y agoThat's honestly why I love hacker news. There are so many talented and intelligent people here and the site drives for high quality posts. I'd argue yes overall the Internet has devolved into what reddit is now which is low quality discussion, Though sites like this are what makes it as awesome to me as Usenet or IRC did to me in the 90s.