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by ggm 743 days ago
its a bit "news at 11" because it's always been dying, in as much as it's always been changing.

the great renaming in USENET had a ripple of "Usenet is dead to me"

honey danber and the loss of a!b!c paths for user@host had warfare.

gopher and wais being replaced by web had .. oh noooo qualities.