Comment by fantasizr
1 month ago
not essentially private per se, but usenet groups and bbs had a natural vetting because it required some competency to even access it
1 month ago
not essentially private per se, but usenet groups and bbs had a natural vetting because it required some competency to even access it
Listen while I tell of Christmas 1983, when every 14-year old with a VIC-20 got a cheap modem.
Seriously, haven't we been working tirelessly to expand the circle of access? Nostalgia reflects when the circle was smaller, and we felt that we knew everyone in it.
I've come around on this one. you used to be the town idiot who was a flat earther, but thanks to the internet you're part of the community