Likely it was originally a 'nodeshell' - in other words, a title of a page without any content. So someone created the idea, then someone else ran with it and filled it in.
One thing that was great about E2 was that the same title (node) could and did have multiple 'responses' so even a factual node could have different pages with different authors.
Sort of a cross between a wiki and stack overflow. It meant you could have two or more consistent viewpoints that disagreed, unlike a wikipedia page that is a mixture of authors.
It's funny to think that early on (20-25 years ago) it rivalled Wikipedia in popularity, but very quickly fell behind. Its real strength was the community though. There were lots of meetups around the world. I made so many friends there when I was on the site 20 years ago or so, many on whom I'm still good friends with today.
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 38.8 ms ] threadI had forgotten about it completely and didn't realize it still existed. Wonder how it compares to Metafilter and reddit these days.
"Why strapping buttered toast to a cat's back will not produce infinite power"
https://everything2.com/title/Why+strapping+buttered+toast+t...
One thing that was great about E2 was that the same title (node) could and did have multiple 'responses' so even a factual node could have different pages with different authors.
Sort of a cross between a wiki and stack overflow. It meant you could have two or more consistent viewpoints that disagreed, unlike a wikipedia page that is a mixture of authors.
Are these posts rated in Cuils? This is bringing up old memories.