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I am exactly ten years older than the internet and here is what I would say: 1) Google (not Reddit) is the "front page" of the modern world wide web. Before Go

I am exactly ten years older than the internet and here is what I would say: 1) Google (not Reddit) is the "front page" of the modern world wide web. Before Google, it was AOL (which was a closed network with access to the open internet) and Yahoo. The public internet existed some time before the world wide web, and that was an important distinction back in the mid 90s. 2) Definitely a lot less open and more controlled and regulated in 2018. There was no dark web back then, it was just one web. My first online purchase was a pre-order of Diablo II, tax free and it took forever to arrive :) 3) Yes, Google has been the heaviest and richest lobbying power representing Silicon Valley in Washington for years now, ever since hiring Eric Schmidt and before debuting their IPO. Whether this is a good thing or bad thing will be the measure of how open (or closed) you think Google and companies like Amazon have made the web with their lobbying efforts.

stcredzero 8y ago
I am exactly ten years older than the internet and here is what I would say: Another oldtimer here. My internet use predates the web. I've been using it since the late 80's.
jholman 8y ago
> I am exactly ten years older than the internet Wait wait wait, does InterNet have a precise date of birth?
- sah2ed 8y ago
  Yes, 1969. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet
  - jholman 8y ago
    Why not count NPL? That'd be 1969. What makes an internet an internet is that it's an interconnection of networks. In 1969, ARPANet is still only one network; by definition it's not an internet. So by that conception, maybe we should date the internet from 1977. I skimmed that very article before asking my question. The internet isn't the kind of thing that really can be said to have one birthday, unless there's some kind of artificial-but-nonetheless-widespread consensus to declare one.

stcredzero 8y ago

I am exactly ten years older than the internet and here is what I would say: Another oldtimer here. My internet use predates the web. I've been using it since the late 80's.

jholman 8y ago

> I am exactly ten years older than the internet Wait wait wait, does InterNet have a precise date of birth?

sah2ed 8y ago
Yes, 1969. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet
- jholman 8y ago
  Why not count NPL? That'd be 1969. What makes an internet an internet is that it's an interconnection of networks. In 1969, ARPANet is still only one network; by definition it's not an internet. So by that conception, maybe we should date the internet from 1977. I skimmed that very article before asking my question. The internet isn't the kind of thing that really can be said to have one birthday, unless there's some kind of artificial-but-nonetheless-widespread consensus to declare one.