Gimbrone [none/use name]
Gimbrone@hexbear.net
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People would literally dox their name and address in these massive yellow pages.
White pages. The yellow pages were for business listings. It’s how you’d find a plumber, or a furniture store. Blue pages (a thin strip in the middle of the phone book) were government listings.
And it wasn’t “doxing yourself”. Everyone was there. It was a proud sign of adulthood when you got your own listing in the phone book.
If someone had moved to a new city, all you had to do was go there and look them up in that city’s phone book. Presto, reconnected with your lost friend.