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There were thriving communities like MUDs and IRC and Usenet before e-commerce and corporations moved in.
by runjake 5y ago
There were thriving communities like MUDs and IRC and Usenet before e-commerce and corporations moved in.
- mattzito 5y agoAbsolutely true, but I would say that MUDs and IRC and Usenet are the definition of pre-Internet boom culture. It was a big deal when my parents were able to get online and use a browser to engage with other people. My dad could have been playing chess online via IRC and email for years, but it wasn't until he had a browser that it was within his technical comfort level.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoE-commerce existed before MUDs and IRC and was contemporaneous with Usenet. Online Services like Compuserve, Prodigy, and Qlink (which became AOL) allowed people to buy and trade products like you do on E-bay.