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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by shadowgovt on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @11:46AM (#21922368)
There was also a lack of incentive to tamp down on flame wars or care about a "quality level" of content when advertisers aren't paying for engaging content.

The SNR on old USENET and IRC was pretty low.

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