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I think maybe back then we all knew it was going to become a corporate ad-ridden tracking nightmare in some capacity. That is why we remember it so fondly perhaps. Places like lemmy/wikis and the odd ole phpbb forum still running still give off at least a bit of the old internet vibe.
I wish that was the only problem with the Internet. I don't think many people realized it would revive fascism and lead to the death of democracy.
Well, the cyberpunk authors seem to have noticed.
They knew
Yeah, social media has seemingly broken society.