In November 2019, the author delves into the 40th anniversary of Usenet’s conception, with a promise of an irregular blog post series instead of a proper paper. The series will cover topics such as the technological setting, hardware and economics, file format implementation, user experience, authentication and norms, public announcement, Usenet growth, B-news, the great renaming, retrospective thoughts, and errata. The reader can find an index of all blog posts related to Usenet history through a specific URL provided. The content is unique in its informal approach to sharing the early history of Usenet.
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2019-11/2019-11-14.html