@bytebro @The Whore of Blahbylon Replaced by the World wide web? Which died around 2010 when all the good services suddenly went public and needed to make a profit creating ad driven algorithms even if the content was absolutely toxic.
@anubis2814 Yes, but that came a tad later. Back then there wasn't really a "Web". Just a bunch of bulletin boards, some of which gave gateways to Usenet, which is exactly where the "Sept that never ended" meme came from.
I'm sure @JdeBP would have a view on this transition, because we were both there back in the day.
@bytebro @JdeBP @The Whore of Blahbylon Had to look that up and yeah it makes sense, kind of like how the fediverse really changed from tech and hobbyists to everyone in November. I think personally it was for the better as it was a bit dead but much more chaotic than it used to be, and new rules I never heard about enforced by the mastodon users.
If you took 20 years to train in any field of expertise you could literally climb a mountain in your spare time and still have an amazing life and still help thy neighbours.
There were fewer people connected, most of the users were from more educated social circles (who had money to buy a personal computer and pay for an Internet connection?) Although I'm one of those who live this paradox, I can't help thinking that there is a kind of elitism in it.. in any case, the Internet was the place where I found my friends for 10 years, and now it is simply impossible for me to make new friends online as I used to.I still can't get over this grief :(
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in reply to anubis2814 • • •@anubis2814 Yes, but that came a tad later. Back then there wasn't really a "Web". Just a bunch of bulletin boards, some of which gave gateways to Usenet, which is exactly where the "Sept that never ended" meme came from.
I'm sure @JdeBP would have a view on this transition, because we were both there back in the day.
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in reply to The Whore of Blahbylon • • •If you live in a place where meatspace is an escape at all, rather than still a wasteland, then good on you I guess.
Generally, the #clearnet has rotted. There are still some nice things to be found, but the corporate #enshittification cancer has metastasized.
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