If HN will permit a bit of old-man-shakes-fist-at-cloud I think the internet was better before we went and let so many people on it. It was small and poorly org

If HN will permit a bit of old-man-shakes-fist-at-cloud I think the internet was better before we went and let so many people on it. It was small and poorly organized and weird and mostly authentic. The hyperactive and over-exaggerated always-on 'youtube personality' wasn't a thing and people talked about interesting things from time to time.