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The Reddit blackout was pretty underwhelming (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/chat@beehaw.org
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In the last 3 days I've been paying attention to r/all, expecting several posts about it and...

Yeah

Wasn't expecting the website to literally shut down nor to monopolize r/all, because 3rd party users are the minority, but I hoped for more than whatever this was.

At least there's a silver lining, I discovered new alternatives that have healthier communities

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[–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Its a reference to Usenet back in 1993, its essentially when an online community has to deal with a never ending influx of new users. So think of this as Reddit before it got big/mainstream.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I was using usenet a bit back then. I actually found myself debating stuff on usenet by going to Google groups and searching for my name. Have to say, I was expecting to be embarrassed to read it all again, but it wasn't too bad. What I wrote still makes sense to me now 30 years later. I didn't expect that.

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