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Re:Coronavirus Mutants Are Spreading Fast by 177tcca on Saturday February 20, 2021 @12:42PM (#26206094)
Genuinely: Do you have any knowledge of the culture from the beginning of the world wide web?

Anonymity, and even pseudo anonymity, ensures free discourse.

Good ideas, no matter how unpopular, scary, or threatening to a power structure that could crush the commenter, rise to the top of most conversation formats with reliable regularity.

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Re:Coronavirus Mutants Are Spreading Fast by BrianOnHN on Saturday February 20, 2021 @03:06PM (#26207338)
> Do you have any knowledge of the culture from the beginning of the world wide web?

Yeah, it consisted of people with mental faculties that far exceed the minimum requirements of today's internet.

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