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   Message 67 of 1,840   
   August Abolins to Charles Pierson   
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   07 Nov 20 20:18:33   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5fa6e4f6   
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   PID: Pineapple/OS2 1.3 20201107   
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   TZUTC: 0200   
   On 06/11/2020 10:28 p.m., Charles Pierson : August Abolins wrote:   
      
    CP> I did see it as being something shiny and new, so   
    CP> obviously people were going to look around. But I also   
    CP> expected them to eventually come back around the echos.   
    CP> Perhaps not as often as before, but consistently.   
      
    CP> Obviously I was wrong.   
      
      
   This article seems to analyse the trend and reasoning from BBS to   
   internet use too:   
      
   https://www.zdnet.com/article/before-the-web-online-services/   
      
      
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