Pretty much the question. I heard about Usenet a while back but never managed to wrap my head around it.

  • @damnthefilibuster
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    310 months ago

    Yeah Google bought a really great thing and ran it for a very long time as their own version of stackoverflow. I bet stackoverflow was a response to Google’s monopoly on groups answering questions.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      I think Stack Overflow was a response to Experts Exchange which teased you with a question but you had to buy a subscription for the answer. Subscribers would answer questions and pay for the privilege of providing that site with content.