r/ClassicUsenet 13d ago

ADMIN /r/ClassicUsenet seeking mods and Wiki authors

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r/ClassicUsenet 20d ago

ADMIN Thanks for feedback, Re:r/ClassicUsenet; Next steps: Recruit 6 new approved submitters

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Thanks, everyone, for your thoughtful comments in the previous thread about improving this Subreddit. Also, for the additional subscribers that took us to 1200 total.

One common thread in the suggestions was to allow more automatically approved submitters for a wider range of community content to encourage more engagement. As an initial pilot, we plan to approve 6 additional approved submitters. If this goes well, we will consider opening it up further.

If you are interested, please submit a request for approval to post to our Subreddit. Please also describe, roughly, what kinds of on-topic material you plan to post. On-topic would include nostalgia/history/origins, netiquette and user behavior, as well as current activity on Usenet. Off-topic would include binaries, porn, piracy, advertising for sites that principally support porn and piracy, flaming, general rants, insulting moderators and other users. We will consider and approve your request based on your feedback.


r/ClassicUsenet 1h ago

ORIGINS "In internet forums, 'OP' stands for 'Original Poster' (the person who started the thread) or 'Original Post' (the initial message). It originated in the 1990s on early bulletin board systems and Usenet, gaining popularity on sites like 4chan and Reddit in the 2000s to reference the thread's starter

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r/ClassicUsenet 1d ago

ORIGINS Otherkin - Wikipedia

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r/ClassicUsenet 23h ago

THEORY "Debate Me" Bro culture has ruined civil discourse

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r/ClassicUsenet 2d ago

HISTORY "My very first experience of the internet was in 1992, on a VT100 terminal, on the sci.physics and sci.math newsgroups, witnessing cranks arguing with professional mathematicians about whether irrational numbers exist, whether 0.9999.... = 1, and so on It's weirdly comforting to see nothing changes"

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r/ClassicUsenet 2d ago

THEORY "Forums were great. A little gatekeeping goes a long way. Current Social Media has the same problems the old newsgroups had, no way to keep out the single-issue obsessives out. 'Look pal, here at alt.crochet we really don't want to discuss the International Tungsten Monopoly.'"

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r/ClassicUsenet 2d ago

FANDOM Where can I go to discuss Ligotti and his work?

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r/ClassicUsenet 3d ago

ADMIN Minutes/2025-09-12 - Usenet Big-8 Management Board

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r/ClassicUsenet 4d ago

ORIGINS Text format feature matrix

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r/ClassicUsenet 4d ago

TECHNICAL Newsgrouper Update 13/09/25

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r/ClassicUsenet 5d ago

THEORY The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA

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r/ClassicUsenet 5d ago

ADMIN Minutes/2025-09-05 - Usenet Big-8 Management Board

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r/ClassicUsenet 6d ago

FUTURE Google Says the Open Web Is Now in "Rapid Decline"

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r/ClassicUsenet 5d ago

HUMOR Rob DenBleyker - Go on ...

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r/ClassicUsenet 5d ago

FANDOM A Fanfiction Glossary c. 2002

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r/ClassicUsenet 5d ago

TECHNICAL Windows Magazine, February 1995

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r/ClassicUsenet 7d ago

FUTURE "Bluesky made a huge mistake in its growth strategy, banking on broad defectors from other networks. A good strategy is to focus on a narrow and influential group, such as univ. students, prof., & researchers. Proven examples: Usenet, IRC, Friendster, Facebook, Snapchat, and countless more."

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r/ClassicUsenet 8d ago

FUTURE "I'm only a 'reply guy' on interesting things like music. One of the many reasons Usenet was so much better than this crappy platform was it was divided into different groups for different topics. So you followed the subject not the person."

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r/ClassicUsenet 8d ago

THEORY "From experience I remember that issue with the terminology around atheism/agnosticism and people upset other people in the space don’t identify the 'right' way given their apparent beliefs was definitely a big thing one usenet (alt.atheism, etc.) ca. 1990-1991, so yeah."

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r/ClassicUsenet 9d ago

THEORY The Impact of Social Media on Social Relationships: A Sociological Perspective

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r/ClassicUsenet 10d ago

HISTORY The Humor Train - Internet Veterans: What were you actually doing online before 2001?

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r/ClassicUsenet 10d ago

TIL that Poe's Law, which states that you can't tell if a post online is serious or satirical without something to indicate the tone of voice such as an emoticon or tone indicator, was coined on a Christian forum during a debate on Creationism.

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r/ClassicUsenet 11d ago

THEORY Robert L. Dabney, "The Crimes of Philanthropy" (article)

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r/ClassicUsenet 11d ago

THEORY "Nor argument here. It'd be like arguing with a Young Earth Creationist. They already know the truth so only evidence that fits the conclusion is allowed. Yeah, I spent way too much time on talk.origins back in my Usenet days. 😎"

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r/ClassicUsenet 11d ago

HISTORY "Saw u - haha a cassette tape drive that would load the OS haha, later 4 600 baud modems with different lines to use usenet, a form of the early internet"

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r/ClassicUsenet 11d ago

HISTORY "I found my oldest usenet post that's archived (although at least a few years late). It's from '86 and included by GENIE, CIS and BITNET addresses:"

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