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jandrese on Jan 31, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity...

The term "flamewar" predates all social networks except Usenet. It was not an isolated occurrence in the early days of the net.

ebg13 on Feb 1, 2020 [–]

Are you responding to something I said? If so I can't tell what.

jandrese on Feb 1, 2020 | [–]

> The internet has been a dickfighting playground since at least the 90s

I was just reinforcing your point by pointing out one of the earliest phrases coined on the Internet is about people discussing a topic without civility.

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