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I caught the tail end of this wind of optimism when I was first connected in 2001. In my head, the Internet will always be that hectic, eclectic place it was th
by HeckFeck 5y ago
I caught the tail end of this wind of optimism when I was first connected in 2001. In my head, the Internet will always be that hectic, eclectic place it was then. Even the design of this website fits that paradigm.
Watching it taper off with the rise of "social media" was a sad thing indeed, but I don't think the old spirit is fully lost.
- chasd00 5y agoHow could it be lost? You chose to ignore it. Get an IP, bind to a port, and tell your friends. It's all still there.
- HeckFeck 5y agoI already said that I haven't ignored it: > I don't think the old spirit is fully lost. And I'm already running my own self managed website on a VPS. What I meant was the rise of "social media" to supplant what "the internet" means in the popular imagination. I've quite a collection of bookmarks that proves that Internet still lives.
- chasd00 5y agoI see what you mean, my bad.