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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 03-Feb-2022 22:43:25 UTC Bernie

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   @kzimmermann @thenewoil Years before the Internet became available outside universities, I was running a #FidoNet node, a network of #BBS which allowed users to exchange mail and post to discussion groups.

   We were volunteer-driven and funded by donations. More hierarchical and more bureaucratic than the #fediverse: we had elections for administrative roles, a long policy everyone had to agree to, voting for policy changes...

   FidoNet reached 20k nodes at its apogee.