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Re:Freshmeat.net, 1997-2014 (2014) by johnisgood on Monday March 07, 2022 @05:50PM (#30594411)
Yeah... when I said I would go back 20 years, this is what I was talking about... sort of... Those were the great times! Maybe I am just old and nostalgic and it may be something everyone does, but for real, those times had lots of issues, too, sure, but there were great things. People had interest in philosophy, free Internet, and so forth.
Re:Freshmeat.net, 1997-2014 (2014) by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday March 07, 2022 @08:19PM (#30595410)
You're just old and nostalgic. (No worries, so am I).

People still have interest in philosophy, free Internet and so forth.

Nothing is gone, it's just been made a bit less obvious.

Re:Freshmeat.net, 1997-2014 (2014) by wiremine on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:28AM (#30600219)
Agreed it is mostly nostalgia. But it _was_ a unique time: the internet was pretty new for many people, and not ubiquitous like it is today.