RFC history: Happy 25th birthday!
Max Hauser
29 Jan 2007. That's something of a milestone. (More early history can be
found in the FAQ posting and the "Origins" article I posted 29 Jun 2005.)
RFC still active! Yes it's chaotic, has too much traffic to follow, and is
unmoderated (always a limitation in online fora). But it's still "the
granddaddy of everything" about food online (as the founder of a popular
food web site wrote). RFC is no longer the unique forum for Internet food
discussion that it was for its first dozen years (and first few thousand
regulars, and first few hundred thousand postings). New tools, new fora
appeared. New Internet users, to whom every forum was novel. (History?
You had to seek that out yourself. If interested.) One 1990s author in The
American Scholar balked at the phrase "Internet culture" (while expressing
no opinion, or awareness, of such proud traditions as netiquette, flaming,
and RFC cookware debates).
Still, 25 years is a milestone.
-- Max
Vilco
> 25 years continuous discussion of cooking on the Internet. 29 Jan
> 1982 to 29 Jan 2007. That's something of a milestone. (More early
> history can be found in the FAQ posting and the "Origins" article I
> posted 29 Jun 2005.) ...
> Still, 25 years is a milestone.
And proud to be here ;)
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'
Virginia Tadrzynski
"Max Hauser" <maxR...@THIStdl.com> wrote in message
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Wooo Hooo, Oprah Winfrey, William McKinley, Me and now RFC.........how about
January 29th!
-ginny
Melba's Jammin'
"Max Hauser" <maxR...@THIStdl.com> wrote:
Max Hauser, Sir, you are a treasure! I hope someone in your live loves
you a lot. Thank you for your notes about the past of RFC. I salute
you! Come to Minneapolis and lunch and drinks are on me!
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