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As someone who was online in 1987, I've found the internet significantly less enjoyable as it has become filled with "regular people", hoping to share the knowl
by notakio 5y ago
As someone who was online in 1987, I've found the internet significantly less enjoyable as it has become filled with "regular people", hoping to share the knowledge they don't have with people who didn't ask for it in the first place.
While I get what you're saying, there was also a time and place where you could wonder aloud how to do $technical_thing_x on $platform_y and get a knowledgable, competent response from a skilled professional who had done that thing. Now, we sift through thousands of pages of sloppy copy pasta, of unknown pedigree and unknown efficacy. Was that for the best?
- pomian 5y agoor go to HN, and ask.
- ohyes 5y agodon't ask, simply answer the question you have wrong.
- FredPret 5y agoThe bulk of humanity have been endowed with sci-fi superpowers thanks to Wikipedia, Google, Google Maps, remote work, shopping from home, etc. As for the nerds who lost their online paradise? They are now in insane demand, earning eye-watering salaries and company valuations, and rising to the top of the social ladder. It’s not perfect, but it is bloody good.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoTrue and we can still find our niche places to chat with peers like some forums and IRC servers. The communities are still there. What bothers me a lot more though is that the mainstream internet has become a massive dystopian surveillance machine.