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Eternal September (en.m.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dparticiple@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Eternal September or the September that never ended was a cultural phenomenon during a period beginning around late 1993 and early 1994, when Internet Service Providers began offering Usenet access to many new users.

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[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I was there when it happened. At the time we recognized it as the force that was going to (and did) ruin USENET (and IRC). We did not recognize it as the force that would also ruin the entire world.