The legacy Usenet leaves behind is that some of the worst blowhard behaviors online were born there, too, and still won’t die. The kids Twittering their gripes in public today probably had parents who replied-all “I don’t see why this is news” on Usenet a decade ago. But for anyone who was on Usenet in its brief halcyon days, sad or not, these are the blocks of amber that preserve an Internet before their moms showed up. Before everybody showed up. At least we can all agree on one thing: The Internet was so much better when we were the only people on it.
Usenet: How everyone ruined the Internet
The legacy Usenet leaves behind is that some of the worst blowhard behaviors online were born there, too, and still won’t die. The kids Twittering their gripes in public today probably had parents who replied-all “I don’t see why this is news” on Usenet a decade ago. But for anyone who was on Usenet in its brief halcyon days, sad or not, these are the blocks of amber that preserve an Internet before their moms showed up. Before everybody showed up. At least we can all agree on one thing: The Internet was so much better when we were the only people on it.
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