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[–] tezoatlipoca@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 year ago (6 children)

You're missing the precursors:

Email -> Newsgroups -> CGI forums / IRC -> Slashdot... :)

The new Fediverse really is kicking up IRC and newsgroup vibes for this old timer. Its very exciting.

[–] cstine@lemmy.uncomfortable.business 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a really old person, I was thinking today the vibe was unlike anything I've felt since Fidonet ;)

[–] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] tet42@ka.tet42.org 7 points 1 year ago

Lots of similarities between Lemmy and FIDOnet. I've been saying this to anyone that will listen.

[–] tet42@ka.tet42.org 11 points 1 year ago

Lots of similarities between Lemmy and FIDOnet. I’ve been saying this to anyone that will listen.

[–] ASCIIansi@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago

If we're including those then I think we have gone full circle and are back in the safe waters of protocols

[–] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 6 points 1 year ago

I never really used email socially, was always a chat or some bulltin system

[–] eclipxe@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

+1 you're right. Especially IRC...oh how I miss those days.

I miss that moment when I became the cool kid in the channel because I had an IRC bouncer

[–] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

There are still some good communities out there. I'm still on IRC every day.

It's about the only constant over internet use from 1994 to present. IRC and E-mail. Also the web kind of, but it's changed so so much.

[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IRC is STILL running to this day

[–] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Yup, and some servers are very active.

[–] Jxn@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Usenet! Those were the days.