eclipxe@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoSlashdot -> Fark -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmymessage-squaremessage-square290fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaretezoatlipoca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYou’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.
minus-squarejherazob@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIRC is STILL running to this day
minus-squareBorgzilla@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYup, and some servers are very active.
minus-squaretezoatlipoca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI know something like 28 thousand active daily users!
minus-squareeclipxe@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago+1 you’re right. Especially IRC…oh how I miss those days.
minus-squarealternativeninja@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI miss that moment when I became the cool kid in the channel because I had an IRC bouncer
minus-squaremanitcor@lemmy.intai.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI never really used email socially, was always a chat or some bulltin system
minus-squarecstine@lemmy.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAs a really old person, I was thinking today the vibe was unlike anything I’ve felt since Fidonet ;)
minus-squareAtomHeartFather@ka.tet42.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoLots of similarities between Lemmy and FIDOnet. I’ve been saying this to anyone that will listen.
minus-squareASCIIansi@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIf we’re including those then I think we have gone full circle and are back in the safe waters of protocols
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.
IRC is STILL running to this day
Yup, and some servers are very active.
I know something like 28 thousand active daily users!
+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
I never really used email socially, was always a chat or some bulltin system
As a really old person, I was thinking today the vibe was unlike anything I’ve felt since Fidonet ;)
Lots of similarities between Lemmy and FIDOnet. I’ve been saying this to anyone that will listen.
Usenet! Those were the days.
If we’re including those then I think we have gone full circle and are back in the safe waters of protocols