https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
Eternal September or the September that never ended was a cultural phenomenon during a period beginning around late 1993 and early 1994, when Internet service providers began offering Usenet access to many new users.[1][2] Prior to this, the only sudden changes in the volume of new users of Usenet occurred each September, when cohorts of university students would gain access to it for the first time, in sync with the academic calendar.
The flood of new and generally inexperienced Internet users directed to Usenet by commercial ISPs in 1993 and subsequent years swamped the existing culture of those forums and their ability to self-moderate and enforce existing norms.
Would we welcome the long awaited growth or long for the good old days?
What is SN's
September... i.e. what triggers inflow? Does anyone track this?Thought it could be correlated to Bitcoin’s price, turns out, nah.
https://stacker.news/stackers/all/forever
I checked the graphql schema but I don't see any metadata to these stats, so it's hard to correlate. Would need referrer data to make an analysis I think.
This was the best I could do 🤠
We don't even have annual September haha
Maintaining the culture of any subgroup is difficult in the face of growing mainstream popularity. You either get on board with the changes or become a grumpy grognard
I think I'd welcome it. I want to read more original writing. And I enjoy have discussions with people. More people means more discussions (and hopefully more original writing).
I'm sure there will be good and bad. Maybe a load of people who want to talk about shitcoins, or technical analysis, or inscriptions. Downzapping won't work if you're in the minority. Possibility of cultural change.
our culture is strong. we will absorb them.
Bring it on! Only way to know what it’s like is to go through it.
I wonder if a forum like SN could withstand an eternal September better than old BBS if the general population mostly splinters into sub communities (or even across sites that are "forks" of SN but maybe interoperable somehow?)
The constant would remain the economics of pay-to-post and maybe the original culture if people get onboarded at a reasonable pace