Happy Twelve-thousandth of September 1993, everyshedi.
On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:35 +0100, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
Happy Twelve-thousandth of September 1993, everyshedi.
OK I'll bite What's special about that Month & Year ?
John T. over in the HinterLand Colony
On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:35 +0100, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
Happy Twelve-thousandth of September 1993, everyshedi.
OK I'll bite What's special about that Month & Year ?
John T. over in the HinterLand Colony
On 09/07/2026 01:48, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:35 +0100, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:In the days when usenet was the only available social media apart fomr >bulletin boards, and not available to general users, in September every >year, the news groups were crowded with new college students who had not
Happy Twelve-thousandth of September 1993, everyshedi.
OK I'll bite What's special about that Month & Year ?
John T. over in the HinterLand Colony
yet learned the etiquette and customs of posting. After a while, things >settled down and the noobs either fitted in or left, then, the following >September it all happened again.
In 1993, AOL (And other ISPs) opened usenet up to their users by adding >access to it via their mail servers using a news reader and their existing >emila address, so there was a massive influx of users who did not "fit in
" to what had been the usenet norm.
This started what became known as the Eternal September. The first use of >the phrase on line seems to have been in a post n the 8th January 1994.
The time and date of the start of the Eternal September was eventually >agreed to be midnight on the 31st of August/ 1st of September 1993.
On 09/07/2026 01:48, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:35 +0100, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:In the days when usenet was the only available social media apart fomr bulletin boards, and not available to general users, in September every year, the news groups were crowded with new college students who had not
Happy Twelve-thousandth of September 1993, everyshedi.
-a OK-a I'll bite-a What's special about that-a-a Month & Year ?
-a-a-a John T.-a-a-a-a over in the HinterLand Colony
yet learned the etiquette and customs of posting. After a while, things settled down and the noobs either fitted in or left, then, the following September it all happened again.
In 1993, AOL (And other ISPs) opened usenet up to their users by adding access to it via their mail servers using a news reader and their
existing emila address, so there was a massive influx of users who did
not "fit in " to what had been the usenet norm.
This started what became known as the Eternal September. The first use
of the phrase on line seems to have been in a post n the 8th January
1994. The time and date of the start of the Eternal September was
eventually agreed to be midnight on the 31st of August/ 1st of September 1993.
And the birth of "AOL"?
On 09/07/2026 in message <nb8v8fF13c6U1@mid.individual.net> John
Williamson wrote:
On 09/07/2026 01:48, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:35 +0100, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
Happy Twelve-thousandth of September 1993, everyshedi.
OK I'll bite What's special about that Month & Year ?
John T. over in the HinterLand Colony
In the days when usenet was the only available social media apart fomr >bulletin boards, and not available to general users, in September every >year, the news groups were crowded with new college students who had not >yet learned the etiquette and customs of posting. After a while, things >settled down and the noobs either fitted in or left, then, the following >September it all happened again.
In 1993, AOL (And other ISPs) opened usenet up to their users by adding >access to it via their mail servers using a news reader and their existing >emila address, so there was a massive influx of users who did not "fit in
" to what had been the usenet norm.
This started what became known as the Eternal September. The first use of >the phrase on line seems to have been in a post n the 8th January 1994.
The time and date of the start of the Eternal September was eventually >agreed to be midnight on the 31st of August/ 1st of September 1993.
And the birth of "AOL"?
And the birth of "AOL"?
<Agrees Out Loud> [nod-nod]
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