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		int_19h on Nov 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be sp... When was that "before", though? Stormfront was probably the best-known forum like that before Gab. And it has been around since early 90s, first as a BBS, then as an actual web site.

Ibethewalrus on Nov 2, 2018 [–]

Mostly before Facebook and Twitter gained mass userbase, before they made it easy for anyone with a smartphone post all their thoughts

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