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The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be

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The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

With Google dropping support for the oldest of social networks, Usenet is now left without another major entry gate.

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I’m old, but does anyone remember alt.pave.the.earth? And the spinoff alt.chrome.the.moon?

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