R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008

Sascha Segan, R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008

A short bit of writing that captures part, a fading part, of the tapestry of the web. Deeply nostalgic for a less corporate, more anarchic web, a web I can’t claim to have ever truly known, but one for which I too yearn.

9:57pm on December 12, 2022 from Nelson, New Zealand.


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