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Yeah, I don't think, being born in 1989, he had much of a perspective on the pre-internet world. What was he, 8 or 9 when he started using the web? That raised

Yeah, I don't think, being born in 1989, he had much of a perspective on the pre-internet world. What was he, 8 or 9 when he started using the web? That raised an eyebrow for me too, but I didn't want to call it out. There's always some older grognard waiting, ready to step in and tell you they were using the internet on an acoustic coupler in the basement of Xerox PARC before you were a gleam in your father's eye. And even that isn't much to brag about anyway. Not as cool as having a guest house, even. In terms of the value of the post: I liked the metaphor of a blog post being a search query for human contact, so I got something out of the post. On the other hand, I've been running the same blog anonymously, with no contact information or social media sharing, and all bot indexing and commenting disabled, since this author was 11. So, I can't agree that what he's saying is always true. Bah, humbug!

sebastiennight 3y ago
I'm probably, like you, part of the "older grognards" compared to the piece's author, but I would venture the idea that 2000 is still "pre-web" for the general public. I think most of the general public don't remember a web pre-YouTube (2006) or pre-Facebook (2008-2009). So I think for most, "pre-internet" is not "right when Google came out as Yahoo's search partner" but closer to "right when I created my first public online profile".
mhitza 3y ago
> Yeah, I don't think, being born in 1989, he had much of a perspective on the pre-internet world. What was he, 8 or 9 when he started using the web? Maybe if he's from the US? In Romania, in my home town, we had our first internet caffee when I was 12 years old, around the year 2000. Two years later, I had shitty internet at home, and 4 more years later we had the best internet in Europe (for a while). I'd believe any 80's kid, living in post communist countries, that they've grown in the pre-internet era.
- karaterobot 3y ago
  In the article, he clearly brings up this fact in the context of his generation—the people born around 1989—not about how he's a special case.

sebastiennight 3y ago

I'm probably, like you, part of the "older grognards" compared to the piece's author, but I would venture the idea that 2000 is still "pre-web" for the general public. I think most of the general public don't remember a web pre-YouTube (2006) or pre-Facebook (2008-2009). So I think for most, "pre-internet" is not "right when Google came out as Yahoo's search partner" but closer to "right when I created my first public online profile".

mhitza 3y ago

> Yeah, I don't think, being born in 1989, he had much of a perspective on the pre-internet world. What was he, 8 or 9 when he started using the web? Maybe if he's from the US? In Romania, in my home town, we had our first internet caffee when I was 12 years old, around the year 2000. Two years later, I had shitty internet at home, and 4 more years later we had the best internet in Europe (for a while). I'd believe any 80's kid, living in post communist countries, that they've grown in the pre-internet era.

karaterobot 3y ago
In the article, he clearly brings up this fact in the context of his generation—the people born around 1989—not about how he's a special case.