▲ 447 ▼ Anyone remember this? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gens@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Was there porn ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course. alt.binaries.pictures.erotica - not an internet address in case you wonder, but a NNTP group. Yes, we had social media back then, just not with Nazis, bots, and ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yes, we had social media back then, just not with Nazis, bots, and ads. We did have plenty of usenet trolls and usenet wars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yea, but most of them were rather harmless, especially if you contacted the network administrator of the site he came from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mystik@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We had killfiles back then. And clients that sorted/threaded conversations the way we wanted. And upstream operators that could often physically visit the offenders to tell them to knock if off. Those were the days ... permalink fedilink source parent [–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Online porn existed before the internet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Do we count Bulletin Boards as pre Internet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Most bulletin boards like fidonet existed in parallel with the internet, and even used internet bridges to transfer mail and files across long distances where a dialup connection could not be used. NNTP actally was quite network agnostic, the messages did not care about the means of transport. I actually handled a NNTP link back then via floppy disk. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course. alt.binaries.pictures.erotica - not an internet address in case you wonder, but a NNTP group. Yes, we had social media back then, just not with Nazis, bots, and ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yes, we had social media back then, just not with Nazis, bots, and ads. We did have plenty of usenet trolls and usenet wars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yea, but most of them were rather harmless, especially if you contacted the network administrator of the site he came from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mystik@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We had killfiles back then. And clients that sorted/threaded conversations the way we wanted. And upstream operators that could often physically visit the offenders to tell them to knock if off. Those were the days ... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yes, we had social media back then, just not with Nazis, bots, and ads. We did have plenty of usenet trolls and usenet wars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yea, but most of them were rather harmless, especially if you contacted the network administrator of the site he came from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mystik@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We had killfiles back then. And clients that sorted/threaded conversations the way we wanted. And upstream operators that could often physically visit the offenders to tell them to knock if off. Those were the days ... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yea, but most of them were rather harmless, especially if you contacted the network administrator of the site he came from. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mystik@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We had killfiles back then. And clients that sorted/threaded conversations the way we wanted. And upstream operators that could often physically visit the offenders to tell them to knock if off. Those were the days ... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Online porn existed before the internet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Do we count Bulletin Boards as pre Internet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Most bulletin boards like fidonet existed in parallel with the internet, and even used internet bridges to transfer mail and files across long distances where a dialup connection could not be used. NNTP actally was quite network agnostic, the messages did not care about the means of transport. I actually handled a NNTP link back then via floppy disk. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Do we count Bulletin Boards as pre Internet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Most bulletin boards like fidonet existed in parallel with the internet, and even used internet bridges to transfer mail and files across long distances where a dialup connection could not be used. NNTP actally was quite network agnostic, the messages did not care about the means of transport. I actually handled a NNTP link back then via floppy disk. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Most bulletin boards like fidonet existed in parallel with the internet, and even used internet bridges to transfer mail and files across long distances where a dialup connection could not be used. NNTP actally was quite network agnostic, the messages did not care about the means of transport. I actually handled a NNTP link back then via floppy disk. permalink fedilink source parent
