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Re:Rebecca Solnit: How to Comment on Social Media by laputan-machine on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @06:35PM (#39295797)
The flame wars were funny even back then, they were exaggerated conflicts, I never thought people took them seriously. Nowadays, instagram, twitters, fb? The rage on these platforms is unbeliveable! Forum-based flamewars usually had multi-paragraph detailed rants on why such and such was incorrect and why "my" way was "so much better". The modern version is one sentence sound-bites _at most_!

The internet was better when it was smaller, but maybe that's the way it is with anything.

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Re:Rebecca Solnit: How to Comment on Social Media by echelon on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @07:02PM (#39295998)
> The internet was better when it was smaller, but maybe that's the way it is with anything.

I'm glad more people have access to the Internet. I just wish I had access to that special place again. It's gone.

HN is a shadow of that lost world.

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Re:Rebecca Solnit: How to Comment on Social Media by depingus on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @08:09PM (#39296575)
> HN is a shadow of that lost world.

Should we...have a flame war just for old times' sake? Kidding aside, I grew up on BBSes, so small online places is my comfort zone too.

If its any consolation, IMHO the internet has started its next seismic shift: final destruction of the world wide web's rotting corpse. There's no telling where we all end up next. Small communities could make a comeback if we really want them. Exciting times!

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