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  • wasbappin2 [any,he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The Soviets could have won the internet race too, but got stifled by petty rivalries.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGAS

    • Yanqui_UXO [any]
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      3 years ago

      Alas. Trying to imagine what Soviet shitposting would read like.

      (I was also surprised to learn about the French Minitel )

      • wasbappin2 [any,he/him]
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        3 years ago

        My move if I were Chief Marshall of Shitposting would to have my thousands of posters that have already infiltrated every english speaking board speaking english just start posting in russian at the same time.

      • wasbappin2 [any,he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Holy shit. I did a wiki dive on that recently. I wonder if we listened to the same podcast.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Read some 1960s Soviet literary journals, the salt is industrial in quantity.