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Tobias S. Buckell@tobiasbuckell.bsky.social |
I’ve seen online communities you noobs wouldn’t believe. Attacking comments in the forums of Usenet. I’ve seen Geocities blinking under a million construction GIFS, and threaded flame wars spanning hundreds of LiveJournals. These memories will be lost…like tears in rain…
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Steve K!
@skleinedler.bsky.social
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Recalling alt.syntax.tactical’s trolling of rec.pets.cats ….
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CineWolf is living deliciously
@cinewolf.bsky.social
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Well played 👊
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ShinigamiDad "Designated Dingus"
@marktspence.bsky.social
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The Well, baybee! :)
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Lance Ellisor
@ellisor.bsky.social
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this. (fellow veteran of the Usenet Wars)
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Madame Hardy
@madamehardy.bsky.social
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Sff.net! GEnie!
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Karen Newcombe 🐈⬛
@karen-newcombe.bsky.social
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Usenet flame wars, hahaha, the good old days!
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Chris K
@kles76.bsky.social
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I remember the message boards on Prodigy
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John Kaprielian
@johnkaprielian.bsky.social
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Or older. Much older...
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Julia
@jesrcerulean.bsky.social
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"threaded flame wars spanning hundreds of LiveJournals" And spilling over to Journalfen, and off to the comment threads on Whatever and to Making Light and eventually to FFanon...
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TS Hottle
@tshottle.bsky.social
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My arthritis flared up reading that.
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John Whitley
@johnwhitley.bsky.social
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Dammit, now some twenty-something archaeologist is going to "dig up" The Great Reorganization of Usenet, aren't they? ugh
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thereal_attentive
@therealattentive.bsky.social
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I came here to say this... I'm 60. there was also gopher, ICQ, URouLette, Prodigy, blogger, many search engines, dozens of "better bulletin board" attempts, music and movie pirate sites, and the heyday of aggregators like Slashdot and Boing Boing. They flared up like supernovas, then we moved on.
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Mark Armstrong
@fabricatus.com
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"Yellow.... so much yellow.... it burns..."
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K.L. Neidecker
@klneidecker.bsky.social
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This is art in its purest form.
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Moon Cthulhu
@mwcpodcast.bsky.social
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If you wanted to try to hook up with someone from iscabbs, you had no idea what they looked like unless they had mailed you a photo. Usenet didn't even have a Star Wars group. I've seen some shit, man.
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@lucas-ario.bsky.social
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Excuse you! I'll have you know that I am only 27 years of age.
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Dr. Fröhlich
@edgarallandoh.bsky.social
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Bwahaha
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Sean Eric Fagan
@kithrup.bsky.social
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I blame google for the loss.
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Keakealani
@keakealani.bsky.social
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I’m only 34 but this so real. Random BB forums, livejournal, tumblr, twitter, xanga, IRC, you name it. We’ve been there, we’ve sunk, we’ve returned.
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scythemouse
@scythemouse.bsky.social
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"I've seen websites with unobtrusive advertising."
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sailorbp
@sailorbp.bsky.social
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Newbies! Coruscating newbies!
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Peter Flynn
@docum3nt.bsky.social
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Fortunately I took one look at GeoCities and Livejournal, and most of the walled gardens, and said, No Thanks.
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Jim Myers(he/him)
@jimmolemaster.bsky.social
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And they would have vanished... like tears in the rain... If it wasn't for archiving
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Lost Dragon
@lostdragon.bsky.social
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The glittering C-beams split Undernet. I can’t login to IRC.
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Die Mim
@kulturbolschewi.bsky.social
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Awww, Geocities. My first home on the net!
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Q. H. Stone
@qhstone.bsky.social
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The FYAD forum from Something Awful.
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Tilton Raccoon
@tiltonraccoon.com
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I still have the 1991 and 1992 "Usenet Olympic Games" parody posts for some reason!
archives.loomcom.com/usenet-olymp...
archives.loomcom.com/usenet-olymp...
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Summer Affective Disorder
@bleaktheology.bsky.social
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I fought in the LJ flame wars. We *all* fought in the flame wars…
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Its rider’s name was Death...
@kittyonunicorn.bsky.social
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CisHet Billionaire
@bennettelder.net
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I put him in a meme with a cybertruck and the content labeler said it was gore lol
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Freek van Ostrand
@sullenfish.com
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Chris Levesque
@levesque-chris.bsky.social
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Don’t forget BBSes and joints like Compuserve
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Snazzy, filthy gunpla scrub
@snazzy.bsky.social
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Time... to log off
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