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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Now you’ve got me wondering when tldr became a thing on the internet

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    to the best of my memory, at least in my experience, i think it originated on, or perhaps was popularized on early reddit, like, pre 2010, perhaps earlier in other forums?

    i guess i would not be surprised if it actually originated on tumblr and then made its way to reddit, but yeah, i think i remember it basically 'becoming a thing' roughly around 2008ish? On reddit?

    Ah fuck, apparently its first recorded usage was on usenet in 2002.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TL%3BDR

    I may have been using the internet since the 90s, but I also was under the age of 10 for most of the 90s, so... yeah I did not exactly know as much about usenet, as say... gamefaqs, and neopets lol.

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