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Re:NFT projects are just MLMs for tech elites by jboy55 on Friday October 01, 2021 @11:17AM (#28719577)
The early days of online payments (paypal) maybe. Unless they're talking about usenet selling, in which case I don't remember it being 'thrilling' to get a money order in the mail.
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Re:NFT projects are just MLMs for tech elites by sireat on Friday October 01, 2021 @01:23PM (#28721181)
I sold/bought music CDs as well as anime model kits on the usenet (on the .marketplace ones) around the time of "Eternal September".

It was pretty thrilling to get money order in the mail.

There was little to no scamming goin on.

If someone wanted to be a bad actor, they'd be run out of town pretty quickly.

I miss those days.

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