On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Noel Chiappa <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Chuck Guzis > > > I do miss the web-less Internet in some respects. People were more > > polite back then--at least in their written communication. > > I snorted and started coughing when I read that! :-) Usenet had massive flame > wars long before the Web existed!
I joined Usenet right before the Great Renaming and ran a node for years (up to about 1995). There were epic flamewars. That part of our history I don't miss. -ethan
