Slashdot -> Fark -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmy
It's been a long journey, but here we arrive. Welcome home.
It's been a long journey, but here we arrive. Welcome home.
You're missing the precursors:
Email -> Newsgroups -> CGI forums / IRC -> Slashdot... :)
The new Fediverse really is kicking up IRC and newsgroup vibes for this old timer. Its very exciting.
If we're including those then I think we have gone full circle and are back in the safe waters of protocols
I miss that moment when I became the cool kid in the channel because I had an IRC bouncer