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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by cylinder on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @12:38AM (#14700006)
Indeed. I miss the days of IRC and such. The internet started feeling really noisy after the iPhone was popularized.
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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by pmlnr on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @02:33AM (#14700324)
This. It's because of smartphones. People don't write things on smartphones, it's tedious.
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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by cylinder on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @09:33AM (#14702228)
It also brought a lot of people online who previously were not. Desktops were stashed in some room, one per household, and laptops were still seen as somewhat nerdy or work related.
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