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minus-square tezoatlipoca ( @tezoatlipoca@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish47•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-square cstine ( @cstine@lemmy.uncomfortable.business ) linkfedilinkEnglish19•1 year agoAs a really old person, I was thinking today the vibe was unlike anything I’ve felt since Fidonet ;)
minus-square AtomHeartFather ( @tet42@ka.tet42.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoLots of similarities between Lemmy and FIDOnet. I’ve been saying this to anyone that will listen.
minus-square ASCIIansi ( @ASCIIansi@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year agoIf we’re including those then I think we have gone full circle and are back in the safe waters of protocols
minus-square eclipxe ( @eclipxe@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year ago+1 you’re right. Especially IRC…oh how I miss those days.
minus-square alternativeninja ( @alternativeninja@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoI miss that moment when I became the cool kid in the channel because I had an IRC bouncer
minus-square 1993_toyota_camry ( @1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThere 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.
minus-square manitcor ( @manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoI never really used email socially, was always a chat or some bulltin system
minus-square jherazob ( @jherazob@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoIRC is STILL running to this day
minus-square Borgzilla ( @Borgzilla@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoYup, and some servers are very active.
minus-square tezoatlipoca ( @tezoatlipoca@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI know something like 28 thousand active daily users!
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.
As a really old person, I was thinking today the vibe was unlike anything I’ve felt since Fidonet ;)
LORD
Lots of similarities between Lemmy and FIDOnet. I’ve been saying this to anyone that will listen.
If we’re including those then I think we have gone full circle and are back in the safe waters of protocols
+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
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.
I never really used email socially, was always a chat or some bulltin system
Usenet! Those were the days.
IRC is STILL running to this day
Yup, and some servers are very active.
I know something like 28 thousand active daily users!