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I think you vastly overestimate Reddit's influence there, it might be the largest ever, but certainly not the first. I still remember the /. threads during 9/1

I think you vastly overestimate Reddit's influence there, it might be the largest ever, but certainly not the first. I still remember the /. threads during 9/11, now that felt like the first time that an internet forum really reacted in mass to an event. (queue someone "get off my lawn" comment about BBS's and Kennedy or something)

l33tbro 13y ago
They're not really comparable events. I'm old enough to have been around for both - and Boston was a far more immersive online expercience. 2001 we didn't have Streetview and u-stream. Also, 9/11 was not a man-hunt. My online memories of 9/11 only recall speculation about the sky falling in - after the fact. What made Boston special (sic) was that it was in real-time - and you were effectively on the ground with the five-0 in that locked down suburb.