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Remembering Usenet - The OG Social Network that Existed Even Before the World Wide Web
- Before Reddit, before GitHub, and even before the World Wide Web went online, there was Usenet.
- Usenet is one of the oldest computer network communications systems still in widespread use, created to be the network for the general public - before the general public even had access to the Internet.
- Usenet was the first social network. It was chaotic, imperfect, and sometimes frustrating, but it was also a place where real work got done and real connections were made.
- Topics were many; if you could imagine a topic, there was probably a group made for it and, if a group didn't exist, one could be made.
- Each group owner could - and usually did - set their own rules. Failing to follow the group's culture and etiquette could lead to a “flaming.”
- Usenet's structure - decentralized, threaded, and open - can be seen as the first demonstration of the values of open-source development.
- Usenet became an essential platform for code collaborating, bug tracking, and intellectual exchange,
- As the internet evolved, Usenet use has been fading, but it still holds rich archives that contain detailed discussions, insights, questions and answers, and snippets of code.
- Usenet was a place where knowledge was freely shared, and the seeds of ideas could grow into something great.
- As Linux fans, we owe a lot to Usenet. Without it, Linux might have remained a small hobby project instead of becoming the force of computing that it has become.
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