> predicated on an overly rosy view of democracy-as-civic-participation Ah, the 90s... when people would deliberately leave mail relays open as a service to th

> predicated on an overly rosy view of democracy-as-civic-participation Ah, the 90s... when people would deliberately leave mail relays open as a service to the community, and people just made stuff for others to use, without worrying too much about hacks or security because the internet is a community and that sort of thing would be bad netiquette... A simpler time. There was a time and a place for flamewars, and it was called usenet.