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The early internet was so human and genuine. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a pretty worthless site now ... I think the same 20 people post there round the clock every day for the past 20 years.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well my point was more that there's a bit of a rose-tint in this person's description of the "early internet"... unless they mean really early, like ARPANET early.

Plenty of rage-bait attention seeking in the mid-2000s.