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@MagicLike September 1993 never ended though… #EternalSeptember
#eternalseptember
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USENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE!
Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.
Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.
Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.
Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.
Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.
Usenet is the original free speech network.
Usenet is the original 'social network'.
NovaBBS
https://novabbs.org
Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://www.i2pn2.org/
#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember
@infostorm@a.gup.pe @academicchatter@a.gup.pe
Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.
Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.
Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.
Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.
Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.
Usenet is the original free speech network.
Usenet is the original 'social network'.
NovaBBS
https://novabbs.org
Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://www.i2pn2.org/
#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember
@infostorm@a.gup.pe @academicchatter@a.gup.pe
novabbs.orgRocksolid Light - Available Newsgroups
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they don't want "the normies"
they fear an #eternalseptember
thing is, since this is federation, anyone worried about that can keep their niche communities separate and never encounter "the normies"
and, like erin said, we want "the normies" here
otherwise they get mindwiped by plutocrat agendas on centralized #socialmedia
to do that we have to make the process of getting into the #fediverse dead simple
dead. simple.
even picking a server is a step too high for many
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yeah
if we ever want #mastodon #fediverse to grow, it has to be dead simple
dead. simple.
"i don't want all these normies on mastodon"
you kind of do
otherwise they are off in #twitter land or #rednote land or #facebook land getting mindwiped, and then voting
you can curate your mastodon experience to your hearts content, and avoid them all
don't worry about #eternalseptember on mastodon
worry about #plutocrat agendas controlling hordes of zombies
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The Linux package, 'sdate' will give you the current Eternal September date:
$ apt-get install sdate
#EternalSeptember #1993 #Usenet #NewsGroups #Linux #sdate #datetime #calendars
$ apt-get install sdate
#EternalSeptember #1993 #Usenet #NewsGroups #Linux #sdate #datetime #calendars
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But it _is_ the year 1993. Today's date is September 11446, 1993.
September 1993 never ends. It is now Eternal September of the year 1993. It is always Eternal September of 1993.
See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
And here: https://www.eternal-september.org/
#EternalSeptember #1993 #Usenet #NewsGroups
September 1993 never ends. It is now Eternal September of the year 1993. It is always Eternal September of 1993.
See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
And here: https://www.eternal-september.org/
#EternalSeptember #1993 #Usenet #NewsGroups
en.wikipedia.orgEternal September - Wikipedia
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“I hope Macedon and the feta verse never lose that.”
The #EternalSeptember ethos of Macedon is reminiscent of pre-IPO Twitter.
It’s a feature, not a bug.
In hindsight, #EternalSeptember was probably where it all went wrong.
I remember the morning when #AOL #EternalSeptember happened.
NEW FREE SCENE: 
"Smoke."
A new installment of my comic "Incredible Doom: Eternal September" is now available. It can be accessed for free by all readers.
READ THE NEW SCENE https://www.incredibledoom.com/eternal-september-02/#newest-scene
START ISSUE #2 https://www.incredibledoom.com/eternal-september-02 
START ISSUE #1 https://www.incredibledoom.com/eternal-september-01/
I was once grounded from Gifted & Talented summer camp ate age 14, as consequence for incurring overage charges to the family phone bill because I was dialing into adult bulletin board systems, which charged by the minute.
Please tell me more about #EternalSeptember, #Usenet, #ContentModeration, and acceptable behavior of new users.
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In the spirit of #EternalSeptember and Prince, party like it’s 1999 and Make the Internet Weird Again
h/t @anildash
Rolling Stone · The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
1994 tee about #EternalSeptember.
I wonder if #Mastodon users have a similar feeling every time a big social network makes unpopular changes and there's a temporary deluge of new users.
Just that instead of doing stuff like ignoring netiquette, now they are all about getting followers and audience an' sheeeit.
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Was du ansprichst, ist #eee, was auch in diesem Artikel thematisiert wird: https://digitalcourage.de/blog/2023/fediverse-teilen-und-herrschen
Was im Digitalcourage-Text zu kurz kommt, sind die verschiedenen Moderationspraktiken. Das Fediverse wurde (vor Mastodon) von Leuten gebaut, die einen Schutz brauchten, den sie bei Facebook & Co. nicht bekamen.
Wer ein alter, privilegierter weißer Mann ist und psychosozial stabil, der kann dem Einstieg von Meta ins Fediverse gelassen entgegensehen und sich eine Tüte Popcorn kaufen.
Alle anderen müssen befürchten, dass das Klima hier zu rau für sie wird. Sie werden sich dann wohl in geschlossene Räume zurückziehen müssen, also noch weiter marginalisiert. Etwas Ähnliches ist schon bei der Kommerzialisierung des #Usenet passiert. Das nannte man #eternalSeptember.
/cc @Sebastian
digitalcourage.deFacebook will Social Media weiter kolonialisieren |Facebook will Twitter mit einer neuen App Konkurrenz machen. Gleichzeitig versucht Facebook, auch das Fediverse zu vereinnahmen, so die Befürchtung.
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ѦਹѤʞ Musings on CW 'nannies'
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I'm not sure who it was, but I missed documenting follow #666, again* 
*I was over 1,700 followers earlier this year due to one or two trending posts that coincided with the great twitter migration, of which I was part, much like my role in #EternalSeptember in January 1994, but did an account cleanup and deleted inactive and low engagement/low quality followers a little while back.
I will continue with periodic checks and cleanups, so please post or engage with me if you like following me.
Ba-dee-ya
Say, do you remember?
Ba-dee-ya
Dancin' in #eternalseptember
