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Reddit / lemmy vs Old internet forums (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by saltynuts420@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Are sites like lemmy , reddit and discord the true successors to the old internet forums of the 2000s . or were the forums superior to todays reddit , lemmy or discord

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[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is not much difference in time between those two, old forums are 20 years old and Usenet perhaps 30 or less.

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

While most of us remember usenet from the 90s, it actually started in 1980, so that's 43 years.