Old Lusenet days - Greenspun

[Swing]

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?topic=Countryside

I was talking to someone via PM and we were talking about the Lusenet, and I remembered there were links left. So I dug this up for your enjoyment.

 

[Cabin Fever]

You'll probably find my name in there.

 

[RJ2019]

Wow, what a great blast from the past! I skimmed through a few threads and this is going to be good info for future reference.

 

[Weedygarden]

I've never seen or heard of this before, but the resources and information there are deep. When did they start up? I couldn't find any information about that, but maybe I need to spend more time looking for it.
I did see that they had a failure in 2005, and suggested things be moved to Yahoo groups. I believe that Yahoo groups are gone now as well. Google had groups as well, but I believe those are gone, too.

 

[Swing]

That was before 2002. The parts that I know, after 2002 it would be less as forums were getting started strong at that time.

 

[RJ2019]

I've never seen or heard of this before, but the resources and information there are deep. When did they start up? I couldn't find any information about that, but maybe I need to spend more time looking for it.
I did see that they had a failure in 2005, and suggested things be moved to Yahoo groups. I believe that Yahoo groups are gone now as well. Google had groups as well, but I believe those are gone, too.

Google groups was still a thing we used at work before I left in 2022.

 

[dademoss]

Before my time, I was still catching catfish on a fishing forum.

 

[elkhound]

this was back in the day and linked to countryside and small stock journal magazine....when j.d. still owned it and published it.....it was start before forums as we know today.

it changed to something else that doesnt need to be talked about here...if you know you know...if not.....doesnt matter..

but magazine was fantastic....then j.d. retired and kids took it over...it was ok for a bit...then it went down hill pretty fast...just wasnt the same...i was subscribed for decades but finally just cancelled it...