> You be really chaotic nerdy and use Lynx, Usenet, BBS to find what you want? Yes, it was great. People actually took the time to learn about the technology a

> You be really chaotic nerdy and use Lynx, Usenet, BBS to find what you want? Yes, it was great. People actually took the time to learn about the technology and knew how to use it. You didn't get idiots calling the Internet Explorer icon "the internet." It wasn't great if you were trying to sell to the general public but that's also what made it great for everyone else. It wasn't commercialized and saturated in ads.