Collaborate Disseminate
Usenet—a formative online protocol intended for conversations—was forever changed once the public figured out you could transfer binary files through it. Continue reading How File Sharing Broke the Internet’s First Forum
The ‘Meow Wars’ were a landmark in shitposting. Continue reading Twenty Years Ago, Trolling Was Repeatedly Posting ‘Meow’ in Usenet Groups
Before Fifty Shades of Grey, early fanfiction authors carved out their own little homes on the burgeoning internet. Continue reading The Forgotten Early History of Fanfiction