@elrainia@lemmy.world describes working on internet infrastructure back in the 1990s. This was on one of those “drive by” AskLemmys where a new user posts a juicy question, then after a couple hours they delete the topic and their account. However, those posts and comments are still visible in Piefed, ex: https://piefed.social/post/1733969#comment_9969293


woah that’s pretty awesome, it’s that old-school hacker spirit. I never heard of “door games” before, TIL about Usurper too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_(bulletin_board_system)
https://www.gamebanshee.com/bbs/guides/usurper.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRMibRr6ZUM
I had an account on Cleveland Freenet back in the day but I never really used it for much.