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Yeah I've been online since ~92 and have been saying approximately the same thing as well. Back then you hop onto IRC and you're generally talking with academi
by amatecha 7y ago
Yeah I've been online since ~92 and have been saying approximately the same thing as well. Back then you hop onto IRC and you're generally talking with academics and programmers from around the world. Browse any web directories and it's extremely information-rich.
There was a real technical or situational hurdle to even be present on the net back then, and I think most users had a sense of wonder and perhaps respect for the platform they were privileged to even get a glimpse into and partake in. Maybe? Today the amount of low-effort/low-value thoughtless vitriol makes up a much much larger percentage of the communication and web content than "back in the day". Spend but a few moments and you will encounter some flamebait/sensationalistic noise. It used to be a lot harder to be subjected to such stuff. Tragedy of the internet commons, or something.
- kazinator 7y ago> since ~92 Thus you would remember a bit of the tail end of the era before Eternal September. Normally, September was the time when a crop of new students would get accounts at universities and step into the world of Usenet for the first time, behaving like asses. In September 1993, AOL connected to Usenet. That became known as Eternal September. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September The online world we have today is basically the continuation of Eternal September, reaching further depths of deterioration.