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		mathgeek on May 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fall of the Berlin Wall on Usenet (1989) Not particularly. The masses were neither on nor aware of Usenet and thus it never had the cultural real-time impact on society that modern popular services do. It was mostly “early” tech folks and academics chatting with each other.

macintux on May 14, 2023 [–]

There were glimmers. The Babylon 5 group had an impact on both the audience and the show itself, for example, with JMS actively participating.

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