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vanman33 t1_iy6d6ny wrote

Reply to comment by irkli in Twitter searches for China protests bombarded by spam and porn, raising alarms among researchers | CNN Business by irkli

Do you have any source info for better understanding this?

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irkli OP t1_iy70z9f wrote

Not off hand. I'm not sure it was ever seriously proposed that USPS run it. In 92 I was managing an internet "share" that grew into in ISP ("toasternet") in 93, 94. Before that I was doing FidoNet stuff. I had my hands full then.

Maybe cypherpunk archives. Early/pre EFF. Though I later ran then sold an ISP I was in it for the network building. By 95 it was over, big money taking over as is now quite obvious.

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HokieScott t1_iydvd13 wrote

Wow, I haven't heard FidoNet mentioned in a VERY VERY long time.. Back in the BBS days.

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