alt Hacker NewsThe generation before that (yours truly) still remembers the usenet glory days, and the liberal use of the kill file [1].
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Terr_ • today at 3:55 AM
While I recognize the name of the domain, I'm getting some weird TLS cert warnings.
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JamesTRexx • today at 4:00 AM
Browser warning: www.catb.org uses an invalid security certificate.
lyu07282 • today at 6:08 AM
it was just a few years before my time, I sometimes read through old threads on usenet it feels like internet archeology. If you still remember it, what do you think about how it compares with today's discussion culture?
Killfiles are interesting, but nowadays it seems almost impossible to block everyone crazy on X/Twitter, perhaps more feasible back then
a few months ago for example from my usenet archeology: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160709
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I think I was on more than I added. I kept seeing these posts which said "plonk" and then.. nothing.