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Is this snark or is the difference between what free-speech looks like today and 30 years ago not apparent? What people are nostalgic for is the ability to hav
by meowfly 6y ago
Is this snark or is the difference between what free-speech looks like today and 30 years ago not apparent?
What people are nostalgic for is the ability to have semi-anonymous semi-ephemeral speech.
For example: The ability to have a private conversation in public without fear someone is recording you and can easily use that recording to identify you.
- jaredandrews 6y agoI assure you it was not snark. Your example is not something I would have thought of and is interesting. Probably because I am 29 and for my entire adult life I have assumed all digital communications I participate in can and will be used against me at a future point (which is why I just use my real name here on HN). And while that is all horrible, I have played Dungeons and Dragons my entire life without persecution and none of the bands I listen to who are the same age as me have been harassed by the government. Not something I can say about the lates 80s and 90s from my understanding of it. (I am referring to the DnD panic and the legal harassment that destroyed the Dead Kennedys among other bands who the Govt pursued)