Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?
by cimmanom on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @03:13PM
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Well, I sort of agree with that, and I was with you until you used the term. But I don’t see anything less masculine about the internet now than as it was in 1993. Perhaps “sanitized” would be more applicable?
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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?
by dekhn on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @03:49PM
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sure, I agree the term definitely has a masculinity implication. but, I actually think the term is roughly correct given that at the time, the net was 95% male while now it's much closer to 50-50.
Sanitized is also appropriate.
Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?
by cimmanom on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @03:59PM
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The way you put it seems to suggest you're disappointed it isn't still male-dominated.
As one of the women who was online back then, I didn't perceive it as "masculine", fwiw.
Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?
by dekhn on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @04:41PM
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Understood. And I MUDded with some women. Am I disappointed that the net is less masculine? Not particularly. I certainly felt more welcome, and more comfortable with the net before when it was a more masculine environment, and in some sense I miss that. But I'm not the deciding user, and as a parent with kids... my feelings are complicated.