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In 1999 I was posting to Slashdot.

In 1989 I was posting to Usenet.

Over the interval between the two, I'd posted to email lists and online web forums.

The hosting entities have changed: academic institutions, college students, traditional / trade publications, venture capital. The fundamental discussion modality really hasn't.

There are members of HN whom I know from several of those prior instances, even.




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