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> where most of us trusted each other I think the "trust" back then was really just because only people with a certain amount of money could afford a computer
by dheera 3y ago
> where most of us trusted each other
I think the "trust" back then was really just because only people with a certain amount of money could afford a computer and internet access. Most people on the internet at that time were middle class folk with proper day jobs, or in my case, a child of the aforementioned.
- indus 3y agoData storage would be a big question and a design goal for something new and decentralized. Back then it was mostly text and files were much smaller. Now average image floating around is the size of a cheap USB stick.
- meltedcapacitor 3y agoA "usenet 2.0" that only does (short) text and links/embeddings for media (to youtube etc) would already be a very useful thing, notwithstanding the risk of take-down of controversial media (freeloading on Big Tech infra for the 99.9% that isn't).
- rainonmoon 3y agoIs this not just the existing decentralised social networks etc?