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Wow, thank you for this detailed comment, it's a really fun read for someone who wasn't around at the time. The history of the internet has always been a fascinating subject for me, and this is probably the most honest and down-to-earth summary of Usenet and that subset of internet culture that I've read so far.
You've made me feel nostalgia for something I've never directly experienced, that's the mark of an interesting story, not of the ramblings of a misty-eyed old fart!
well, it was a pleasure to reminisce a little and it's refreshing to see the enthusiasm for wresting control away from the conglomerates - the degree to which the internet has been commercialized, monetized and basically stolen from us along with our personal information, political process and practically anything else they could corrupt is dismaying to an old man, I gotta tell ya. Please do your utmost to fix it!