Eternal November (Fediverse)
+Usenet
++ Usenet is an early Internet social-network with origins in the 1980s. +
++ (Usenet was actually a copy of parts of an even earlier online social-network on a pre-Internet online system called BBS.) +
++ In 1993 Usenet experienced what some called — Eternal September. +
++ What was Eternal-September‽ — +
+Eternal September
++ Usenet's Eternal September was when — in 1993 a overwhelming number of new users joined Usenet within a relatively short period of time and — +
++ These newcomers to Usenet changed the social-norms — they changed the culture of Usenet against the will of many (maybe most) earlier users of Usenet. +
++ While many early Usenet users were welcoming to the newcomers — there was social conflict. +
++ They battled — +
++ The people of Usenet's Eternal September — the overwhelming number of new users who joined Usenet — battled with the earlier users of Usenet — +
++ They battled about what the culture & social-norms of Usenet would be going forward. +
++ The early users of Usenet lost the battle!!! +
++ The social-norms & culture of Usenet were permanently changed. +
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+ I think something like this happened to the Fediverse and
Eternal November
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+ Around November, 2022 an overwhelming number of new users have joined the FediverseMastodon within a relatively short period of time — mostly as part of the
+ The newcomes to the Fediverse & Mastodon have largely been welcomed by the earlier users of the Fediverse. +
++ But there is conflict — +
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+ Some of the
+ I think some of the culture and social-norms of the Fediverse & Mastodon have already started to change, as a result of this. +
++ How far it will go — only time will tell. + But — +
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+ I think — just like Usenet had its Eternal September — for better or worse, the Fediverse and