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Re:Tell HN: I miss the old internet by DEADBEEFC0FFEE on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:50PM (#17335688)
Going back farther, it would be easy to feel nostalgic about the BBS scene.

There were less people and it had a higher barrier for entry, so better signal/noise.

Now there's everyone and it's easy to participate, and the noise is defenning.

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Re:Tell HN: I miss the old internet by bfuller on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @09:16AM (#17346275)
smaller subreddit = less noise
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