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It was a much smaller internet. Crowds and server overload were much more visible.

• ido 4y ago
  It’s actually not the “hug of death” that I fondly remember happening more often (although that too was undoubtedly more common) but finding cool, weird, niche topics on the internet that I didn’t know before and were really fascinating.
  • cgriswald 4y ago
    For me, it was (and to some degree still is) finding out the things I thought were amazing… other people did too. I was very alone and kind of helpless when I read The Last Question (and The Last Answer) and lots of other things, and seeing other people appreciate these things and not just appreciate them, but appreciate them they way I appreciated them really makes me feel much more connected than I was when I was younger.
  • thesuitonym 4y ago
    When you were young, more things were novel.
    • ido 4y ago
      Probably at least partially just that! As I said it was my subjective perception.