Re:A look at the Gemini protocol: a brutally simple alternat...
by cortesoft on Saturday July 04, 2020 @12:52PM
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> RMS, TBL, Torvalds, I could just send them an email in the 90s and they'd respond, it was pretty remarkable.
I don't think this stopped just because of spam, harassment, or other bad behavior. A big part of it is just community size. When the community of internet users was smaller, you could interact with everyone who reached out in a reasonable amount of time. As it got bigger, that is no longer possible because of the sheer number of people.
I don't think this stopped just because of spam, harassment, or other bad behavior. A big part of it is just community size. When the community of internet users was smaller, you could interact with everyone who reached out in a reasonable amount of time. As it got bigger, that is no longer possible because of the sheer number of people.