Are zoomers incapable of looking things up?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

aizk 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Am I not allowed to start a conversation thread on a website where I specifically know there's many old developers who were around for that era? Of course I could use google or gpt - this is more informative.

	▲	jibal 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I didn't say anything about what you're allowed to do. "this is more informative" As someone who was on usenet before it was even called that, I can authoritatively say that it isn't. I can tell you that many of the claims here are false ... e.g., someone claimed that the name "usenet" came from news organizations in 1993/1994, but in fact the name was voted on at a 1982 USENIX conference (and I was present and voted).

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rusk 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Wikipedia isn’t as prominent as it was in my day, and Google isn’t as good.

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aizk a day ago | parent | next [-]

Wikipedia is fine, I just wanted to start a conversation on this site because many users here were around when usenet was big.

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jibal 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Even if true this isn't relevant.

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rusk 3 days ago | parent [-]

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	▲	jibal 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Totally false things are clear to you? Ah well. I'm not hating on anyone, fundamentally dishonest person. P.S. I helped develop the ARPANET and my name is mentioned in RFC 57. P.P.S. My comment included the Wikipedia link ... so much for having something useful to add ... I did, you apparently don't. The whole idea that asking HN--a form of social media with all of its problems--is asking experts but reading Wikipedia (not a "conventional communication channel")--written/curated/edited by experts isn't is completely nuts.