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It's as if you were describing an alternate reality Extremely few forums required an account to read them 20 years ago, that practice largely began with Facebo
by g-b-r 3y ago
It's as if you were describing an alternate reality
Extremely few forums required an account to read them 20 years ago, that practice largely began with Facebook
- Dalewyn 3y agoMost of the forums I patronized left their index open to the wider public, maybe also let the wider public read posts, and almost always blocked user profiles (read: treasure troves of personal information) without logging in.
- g-b-r 3y agoUser profiles were indeed blocked to the public on most forums, but I very rarely found that a problem Change that maybe to definitely, I guarantee you that very few were auth-walled
- baud147258 3y ago> Extremely few forums required an account to read them 20 years ago The few forums I currently frequent don't require an account to read most of the threads.