Usenet was more fun.
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Yeah, but there was definitely a late spam/troll onslaught phase where groups that weren't cohesive enough to have a uniform response (don't feed, block) got shredded.
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Its an interesting commentary on public behaviour that social media, so different in so many ways, follows the same failure mode patterns as Usenet (Former usenet admin)
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The explicit following makes it worse, but yes.
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Pretty unsociable.
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Oh, thanks for reminding how old I am! I remember using “bang” addresses to route emails to friends...
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Going to follow you just because of the solid Usenet reference. The science is a bonus.
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If this is true, I would actually feel comforted knowing that these groups do not make up the majority. But it certainly doesn’t feel like it.
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