Comment on How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord?

Stern@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was considering mentioning that GenX stuff, but I felt it was too obscure and would only serve to posture my creds :)

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  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Your creds could be diminished based on which usenet forums you frequented. I had a little while in my 90s youth obsessed with researching marihuana, libertarian ideals, and discrediting Scientology in the alt.scientology groups. Not great, kind of normal for usenet, but there were much darker places to inhabit there. Worst of all was posting from my university account with my real name.

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    • stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Usenet is where I discovered slack.

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Usenet is still useful for… other things 🏴‍☠️

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• ChopSuey@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  carrier pigeon erasue.

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