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Slashdot -> Fark -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmy (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by eclipxe@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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It's been a long journey, but here we arrive. Welcome home.

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[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Put BBS discussion boards, FidoNet groups, and Usenet out front and drop Fark for my path. Along with a variety of standalone forums and random stuff that never went anywhere, of course :) (yes, I'm old!)

[–] myk@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just add usenet on the front end there.

[–] phase_change@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah, Usenet is what my brain mapped Lemmy to. You get your feed and post through your server. You read posts from others on other servers. Each local server decides what feeds it will carry.

Of course, there’s no central hierarchy for the communities like Usenet had.

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[–] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 5 points 2 years ago

BBS>FidoNet>Newsgroups>AOL>Slashdot>Reddit>Fediverse

[–] kwiksilver@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Can’t leave out irc.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I went back to Fark for a bit, it's surprisingly unchanged. That's good and bad, it's so linear and most of the comments are snarky/clever but maybe not particularly insightful. Reddit had a nice mix, a lot of funny predictable answers "And my axe!" but then also expert posters that would write 2 intelligent pages on a subject.

[–] MonkCanatella@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

expert posters that would write 2 intelligent pages on a subject.

Basically the main thing I'm looking for in my replacement tbh.

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[–] Stellario@pawb.social 4 points 2 years ago

Newgroups on AOL>Too Many to List

[–] deadcyclo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Had almost the same journey, except I've never heard of fark before.

[–] laresek@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Somehow I missed Fark in that transition, but otherwise that was my journey too.

[–] _sephi_@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I hope so, but I'm not a believer yet.

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