{"id":6976,"date":"2017-08-17T15:23:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6976"},"modified":"2017-07-10T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T15:28:56","slug":"linked-the-first-blogger-justin-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/08\/17\/linked-the-first-blogger-justin-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;The \u201cFirst\u201d Blogger, Justin Hall&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2687,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.internethistorypodcast.com\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/the-first-blog-justin-hall&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250717055344\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.internethistorypodcast.com\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/the-first-blog-justin-hall\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 01:13:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 03:06:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 08:08:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 08:08:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internethistorypodcast.com\/2017\/06\/the-first-blog-justin-hall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Internet History Podcast<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A lot of people give credit to Justin Hall for being, if not the first, then spiritually, at least, the \u201cfirst\u201d blogger. Since early 1994, first as Justin\u2019s Homepage and at various points, as Justin\u2019s Links from the Underground and Links.net, Justin Hall has been writing online and sharing online\u2014especially, sharing himself online\u2014longer than almost anyone else on the planet. Hear his story today, and watch his documentary at: http:\/\/overshare.links.net\/<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I loved this episode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Internet History Podcast: A lot of people give credit to Justin Hall for being, if not the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-08-17T15:23:15Z","apple_news_api_id":"5b445a7b-370d-4a81-9ddb-3653df86c7d0","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-08-17T15:23:18Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AW0RaezcNSoGd2zZT34bH0A","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Ow","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5033,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/linked-overshare-the-links-net-story-a-documentary-about-justin-hall-sharing-his-life-online-since-1994\/","url_meta":{"origin":6976,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;\u2018Overshare: The Links.net Story\u2019, A Documentary About Justin Hall Sharing His Life Online Since 1994&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via LaughingSquid:\u00a0 Overshare: The Links.net Story is a fascinating documentary by my friend Justin Hall (who is considered to be one of the first bloggers) about the story of how he has been sharing his personal life \u201cin explicit detail\u201d online since 1994 through his website Links.net. 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