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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
TIL every September, Usenet would see an influx of college freshmen getting access through school, frustrating users with their lack of online etiquette. Then in 1993, ISPs began offering Usenet access, overwhelming communities with the influx of newbies and creating the term “Eternal September”
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The fact that this is not common knowledge makes me feels so so old.
GD newbies. Git offa ma lawn!
There is also a special Eternal September calendar, that counts the days since September 1, 1993. Today is September 10569, 1993.
Remember, remember
Eternal September
Once AOL connected, it all went to hell.