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Only a small % of people were on the internet then it grew and grew and the new people flocked to new spaces and didn't like the old internet culture because it was quite elitist and toxic.
You say elitist as if it was a bad thing. As to toxic, 1990s online communities has no comparison with casual baseline hostility everywhere today that is just off the charts. In fact, Lemmy already has enough of it for me to start disliking commenting. This is what almost drove me offline in the last few years.
I'm not sure still care enough to run my own instance and enforce stricter standards. It's all so much work and ultimatively futile.
This is such a surreal comment I feel like we have two completely different experiences. I found the old internet to be full of flame wars and hostility, which at the time I had no issue with and definitely participated. Today's internet is overly an nice hugbox. The stuff I used to say in 2002 would probably land me in jail today.
The technical communities were different. Yes, we had flamewars but these were largely rituals. That things we used to say would now land you in jail is a testament to how oppressive our socities have become. It's definitely a contributing factor to the trend of capable people disengaging.
I wasn't in the technical communities only gaming. I agree that it's a testament to how oppressive society is but I also think things were taken way to far back then.
It sucks you feel afraid to comment, I definitely understand how you feel. Even if someone responds to you in a hostile way I've seen the rest of the community come in for support. And really, report bad actors. Having a good community isn't easy.
Thread closed. Dont insult the community.
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