https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/08/opinion_column/
What's the golden age of online services? Well, now doesn't suck
Steven Vaughn-Nichols
What strikes me the most about looking back is how similar those now largely
forgotten services are to today's websites and social networks. Yes, I can
now talk to friends and family in real-time on 4K video, but I still mostly
write to people. There's not much difference between a FidoNet forum and a
Reddit subreddit. It's all about communications, and, for better or worse,
that's what those early online services gave us then, and what the internet
gives us today.
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