U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by jevgeni on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:38AM (#25667959)

There were higher barriers to entry into those groups in the 90s.

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by missedthecue on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:43AM (#25667973)

This is true, technology certainly has progressed and lowered the barrier to entry for this and many other things, but my point is that the internet is nothing more than a social network.

Also, you might be overestimating how high the barrier to entry was. There were over 200,000 usenet groups at the peak.

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by croes on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:41AM (#25669916)

Remember, remember, Eternal September

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by Dirlewanger on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:57AM (#25670035)

Yeah, but tech-illiterate baby boomers weren't sharing fake news articles in Usenet groups.

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