People weren't less censorious. The early Internet was full of professionals. There wasn't that much to censor because people were mostly crafting pages connec

People weren't less censorious. The early Internet was full of professionals. There wasn't that much to censor because people were mostly crafting pages connected to their professional work, or showcasing their cool hobbies. Once the normal people started flooding in, there was a lot of drama and a lot of censorship, it was just contained in silos. Forums had moderation, cliques and weird rules. A discussion about a game for kids could explode in drama, banning and rivalries, it just didn't spread very far like it does today, when you have whole sites and groups dedicated to cataloguing all the drama happening elsewhere.