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Eternal November (Fediverse)

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Usenet

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+ Usenet is an early Internet social-network with origins in the 1980s. +

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+ (Usenet was actually a copy of parts of an even earlier online social-network on a pre-Internet online system called BBS.) +

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+ In 1993 Usenet experienced what some called — Eternal September. +

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+ What was Eternal-September‽ — +

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Eternal September

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+ Usenet's Eternal September was when — in 1993 a overwhelming number of new users joined Usenet within a relatively short period of time and — +

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+ 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. +

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+ While many early Usenet users were welcoming to the newcomers — there was social conflict. +

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+ They battled — +

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+ The people of Usenet's Eternal September — the overwhelming number of new users who joined Usenet — battled with the earlier users of Usenet — +

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+ They battled about what the culture & social-norms of Usenet would be going forward. +

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+ The early users of Usenet lost the battle!!! +

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+ The social-norms & culture of Usenet were permanently changed. +

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+ I think something like this happened to the Fediverse and Mastodon — +

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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 Twitter migration. +

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+ The newcomes to the Fediverse & Mastodon have largely been welcomed by the earlier users of the Fediverse. +

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+ But there is conflict — +

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+ Some of the Twitter migration newcomers are battling with earlier users of the Fediverse & Mastodon over what the culture & social-norms will be going forward. +

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+ I think some of the culture and social-norms of the Fediverse & Mastodon have already started to change, as a result of this. +

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+ 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 Mastodon are having their own Eternal November. +

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